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差不多

chà bu duō · cha bu duo

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 2Old HSK 4

Meaning

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

  1. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)到(dào)了(le)吗(ma)？还(hái)有(yǒu)多远(duōyuǎn)？

    Are we there yet? How far is it?

  2. Dengdeng

    差不多(chàbuduō)了(le)，还(hái)要(yào)十(shí)分钟(fēnzhōng)左右(zuǒyòu)，

    Almost. About ten more minutes.

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)十(shí)分钟(fēnzhōng)前(qián)也(yě)这么(zhème)说(shuō)，

    You said that ten minutes ago too.

  4. Dengdeng

    这(zhè)两(liǎng)次(cì)差不多(chàbuduō)，对(duì)吧(ba)？

    The two times are almost the same, right?

  5. Liangliang

    差不多(chàbuduō)！我(wǒ)也(yě)差不多(chàbuduō)睡着(shuìzháo)了(le)，

    About the same! And I'm almost asleep too.

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2 examples
01

开(kāi)车(chē)差(chà)不(bu)多(duō)需(xū)要(yào)几(jǐ)个(ge)小(xiǎo)时(shí)？

About how many hours does it take by car?

Tatoeba: Chinese by sysko · English by Eevee · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)两(liǎng)件(jiàn)衣(yī)服(fu)的(de)颜(yán)色(sè)差(chà)不(bu)多(duō)，我(wǒ)分(fēn)不(bu)清(qīng)。

The colors of these two pieces of clothing are about the same; I can't tell them apart.

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差
chà

different; wrong; mistaken

不
bù

no; not so; (bound form) not; un-

多
duō

many; much; too many; in excess

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