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差异

chā yì

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 差異

差异 (chā yì) means "difference; discrepancy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 差异 means

1. difference; discrepancy

The characters in 差异

• 差chàdifferent; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack
• 异yìdifferent; other; hetero-

Example sentences

• 差异惊人。
  The difference is striking.
• 吴语的方言差异很大。
  Different variants of Shanghainese differ greatly with each other.
• 南方和北方的差异很大。
  The north differs greatly from the south.
• 这两张图片之间有细致的差异。
  Zhè liǎng zhāng túpiàn zhījiān yǒu xìzhì de chāyì.
  There are subtle differences between the two pictures.
• 事物无论多相似还是会有点差异的。
  Shìwù wúlùn duō xiāngsì háishi huì yǒudiǎn chāyì de.
  No matter how close the resemblance, there's always a difference.
• 因为在甲级联赛中，所有队伍都很有实力，净胜球差异很小。
  Yīnwèi zài jiǎjí liánsài zhōng, suǒyǒu duìwǔ dōu hěn yǒu shílì, jìng shèng qiúchā yì hěn xiǎo.
  Because all of the teams in the Premier League are really strong, the goal difference is usually small.

Words starting with 差异

• 差异性chā yì xìngdifference
• 差异化chā yì huàdifferentiation (of a product from its competitors etc)

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