差价 (chā jià) — price difference | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

price difference

Examples

差价。
Liǎng gè shāng diàn de chā jià bù xiǎo.
The price difference between the two stores is not small.
差价。
Tóu zī zhě guān zhù gǔ piào zhī jiān de chā jià.
Investors pay attention to the price differences between stocks.
差价，。
Zhè zhǒng chǎn pǐn de chā jià hěn dà, yào zhù yì bǐ jiào.
The price difference of this product is large, so pay attention to compare.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

差chàdifference

差 means difference and 价 means price, so the sense is a difference in price.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

來來láiwheat
𠂇𠂇𠂇left hand

差 pairs 來 (wheat) with 𠂇 (left hand), showing wheat rubbed in a hand to remove its hull.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

人介价

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

介

介jiè价jiè

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

价 pairs 人 (person) with 介, which gives the sound.

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