Chinese word

差距

Pronunciation

Pinyinchā jù

Meaning

  • noundifference

Example

我们之间有很大的差距。wǒ men zhī jiān yǒu hěn dà de chā jù

There is a big difference between us.

Illustration for 差距 (difference)

More examples

政府采取措施，努力缩小差距。zhèng fǔ cái qǔ cuò shī nǔ lì suō xiǎo chā jù

The government is taking measures and working to reduce the gap.

Core concept

A measurable distance between two points on a scale, such as levels, amounts, abilities, or standards.

Common phrases

  • 缩小差距suō xiǎo chā jù

    reduce the gap

  • 弥补差距mí bǔ chā jù

    close the gap

  • 贫富差距pín fù chā jù

    gap between rich and poor

  • 城乡差距chéng xiāng chā jù

    gap between urban and rural areas

Similar words

差别chā bié: A difference in the qualities or conditions of things.
差异chā yì: A difference between two things or matters, especially in formal writing.
区别qū bié: A difference in features that allows things to be told apart.
距离jù lí: The physical or abstract space separating two points or things.

Definition in Chinese

表示两者在标准、水平、数量或能力等方面存在可以衡量或比较的差别或间隔，强调可观测或可测量的落差。biǎo shì liáng zhě zài biāo zhǔn shuǐ píng shù liàng huò néng lì děng fāng miàn cún zài ké yǐ héng liáng huò bǐ jiào de chā bié huò jiàn gé qiáng diào kě guān cè huò kě cè liáng de luò chā

Word origin

差 (chā, "difference") + 距 (jù, "distance") combine the ideas of a discrepancy and a measurable span, giving the compound its sense of a comparable separation.

Usage tips

  • Common collocations pair it with words meaning large or small and with verbs meaning narrow or widen, so sentences can describe both its size and its change.

Other meanings

  • gapnoun

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