"Difference" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 分别 | fēn bié | to part / to leave each other / to distinguish / to tell apart / difference / distinction / in different ways / differently / separately / individually |   |
| 区别 | qū bié | difference / to distinguish / to discriminate / to make a distinction / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 差别 | chā bié | difference / distinction / disparity | |
| 分歧 | fēn qí | divergent / difference (of opinion, position) / disagreement / (math.) bifurcation | |
| 误差 | wù chā | difference / error / inaccuracy | |
| 差异 | chā yì | difference / discrepancy | |
| 异样 | yì yàng | difference / peculiar | |
| 差额 | chā é | balance (financial) / discrepancy (in a sum or quota) / difference | |
| 差异性 | chā yì xìng | difference | |
| 差分 | chā fēn | (math.) increment / difference / (engineering) differential | |
| 歧异 | qí yì | difference / discrepancy | |
| 差 |  chā | difference / discrepancy / (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction) / (literary) a little / somewhat / slightly | |
| 差数 | chā shù | difference (the result of subtraction) | |
| 二致 | èr zhì | difference (usu. follows 無|无[wu2] as in 毫無二致|毫无二致[hao2wu2-er4zhi4] or 別無二致|别无二致[bie2wu2-er4zhi4]) | |
| 较差 | jiào chā | range (the difference between the lowest and highest values) | |
| 差价 | chā jià | difference in price | |
| 分毫 | fēn háo | fraction / slightest difference / hairsbreadth | |
| 温差 | wēn chā | difference in temperature | |
| 价差 | jià chā | price difference | |
| 时差 | shí chā | time difference / time lag / jet lag | |
| 天壤之别 | tiān rǎng zhī bié | lit. the difference between heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference / a world of difference / a far cry (from) | |
| 公差 | gōng chā | tolerance (allowed error) / common difference (of an arithmetic series) | |
| 十万八千里 | shí wàn bā qiān lǐ | light-years (apart) / a million miles (apart) / (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance) | |
| 等差 | děng chā | degree of disparity / equal difference | |
| 忘年交 | wàng nián jiāo | friends despite the difference in age | |
| 相位差 | xiàng wèi chā | phase difference | |
| 爱憎分明 | ài zēng fēn míng | to make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates / to have well-defined likes and dislikes | |
| 没有差别 | méi yǒu chā bié | there is no difference / it makes no difference | |
| 分毫之差 | fēn háo zhī chā | hairsbreadth difference | |
| 分至点 | fēn zhì diǎn | common word for equinox and solstice / point of difference / point of divergence | |
| 汇差 | huì chā | difference in exchange rates in different regions | |
| 反正一样 | fǎn zhèng yī yàng | whether it's right or wrong doesn't make a lot of difference / six of one and half a dozen of the other / as broad as it is long | |
| 均差 | jūn chā | (numerical analysis) divided differences / (statistics) mean absolute difference | |
| 天地悬隔 | tiān dì xuán gé | lit. a gulf between heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. wide difference of opinion | |
| 差之毫厘，失之千里 | chā zhī háo lí , shī zhī qiān lǐ | the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile | |
| 差之毫厘，谬以千里 | chā zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ | the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile | |
| 差分方程 | chā fēn fāng chéng | difference equation (math.) | |
| 差商 | chā shāng | (math.) difference quotient / (math.) divided difference / (math.) finite difference | |
| 相差不多 | xiāng chà bu duō | not much difference | |
| 转变为氘 | diversion into operator-inspector difference / diversion into D | | |
| 运营者-视察员差额 | operator-inspector difference | | |
| 汇兑差额 | exchange difference | | |
| 归一化差异植被指数 | normalized difference vegetation index | | |
| 性别差异 | gender difference | | |
| 别无二致 | bié wú - èr zhì | (idiom) without the slightest difference | |
| 毫无二致 | háo wú - èr zhì | (idiom) without the slightest difference | |
| 云泥之别 | yún ní zhī bié | (idiom) a world of difference | |
