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差不多

chà bu duō

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 3 3-character word

差不多 (chà bu duō) means "almost". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 差不多 means

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

How 差不多 is used in grammar

差不多 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Approximation: 左右/大约/差不多/将近 (HSK 4)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 3, adverbs (情态副词).

The characters in 差不多

• 差chàdifferent; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 多duōmany; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd

Example sentences

• 差不多六点了。
  It's almost six o'clock.
• 我差不多完成了。
  I'm almost done.
• 你差不多猜对了。
  Your guess is almost right.
• 您差不多猜对了。
  Your guess is almost right.
• 差不多该开始了。
  It's about time to start.
• 差不多该回去了。
  It's getting to be time for me to head back.

Words starting with 差不多

• 差不多的chà bu duō dethe great majority

Words containing 差不多

• 相差不多xiāng chà bu duōnot much difference

Where 差不多 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Degree & scope words (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chà bu duō correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.