差
不
多

Almost in Chinese: 差不多 (chà bu duō)

chà bu duō

almost

HSK 3.0 Level 22 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1almost
  2. 2nearly
  3. 3more or less
  4. 4about the same
  5. 5good enough
  6. 6not bad

Stroke order

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差
不
多

Zhuyin

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ㄔㄚˋ

chà

ㄔ/ chㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

˙ㄅㄨ

bu

˙/ neutral toneㄅ/ bㄨ/ u

ㄉㄨㄛ

duō

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 差不多六点了。

    chà bù duō liù diǎn le。

    It's almost six o'clock.

  • 我差不多完成了。

    wǒ chà bù duō wán chéng le。

    I'm almost done.

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Related words

不

bù

no

多

duō

many

差

chà

different

多少

duō shǎo

number

多么

duō me

how (wonderful etc)

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

出差

chū chāi

to go on an official or business trip

许多

xǔ duō

many

不安

bù ān

unpeaceful

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