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Expressing "relatively" with 较 (jiào)
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Structure
Subject + 较 + Adjective
Explanation
The adverb 较 (jiào) means "relatively" or "comparatively" and is used to indicate that something has a certain quality to a moderate degree when compared to a standard. It is more formal than 比较 and frequently appears in written Chinese and news reports. Place 较 directly before the adjective it modifies.
Examples
今天的气温较昨天有所下降。
Jīntiān de qìwēn jiào zuótiān yǒusuǒ xiàjiàng.
Today's temperature has dropped compared to yesterday.
这篇文章的观点较为新颖。
Zhè piān wénzhāng de guāndiǎn jiào wéi xīnyǐng.
The viewpoint of this article is relatively novel.
和其他城市相比，这里的生活成本较低。
Hé qítā chéngshì xiāngbǐ, zhèlǐ de shēnghuó chéngběn jiào dī.
Compared with other cities, the cost of living here is relatively low.