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差点儿

chà diǎn r

HSK 3.0 level 4 3-character word Traditional 差點兒

差点儿 (chà diǎnr) means "almost; nearly". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 差点儿 means

1. erhua variant of {差点|chà diǎn}

The characters in 差点儿

• 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)…
• 儿érchild; son

Example sentences

• 我差点儿赢了。
  I almost won.

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