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差点

chà diǎn

2-character word Traditional 差點

What 差点 means

1. almost
2. nearly

The characters in 差点

• 差chàdifferent; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack
• 点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)…

Example sentences

• 差点就对了。
  That is almost correct.
• 我差点忘了。
  I'd almost forgotten about that.
• 我差点被淹死。
  I almost drowned.
• 她差点被淹死。
  She came near being drowned.
• 我差点没考过。
  I just barely managed to pass the test.
• 差点就成功了。
  It almost worked.

Words starting with 差点

• 差点没chà diǎn méialmost; nearly; (i.e. same as 差点
• 差点儿chà diǎn rerhua variant of 差点