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差不多
chàbuduō
1. almost
2. nearly
3. more or less
4. about the same
5. good enough
6. not bad
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 2%

Character Breakdown

差
chà
difference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an officer
HSK 3 9 丶
不
bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
HSK 1 4 丶
多
duō
much, many, multi-; more than, over
HSK 1 6 丶

Compound Words (2)

差不多的
chàbuduōde
the great majority
相差不多
xiāngchàbuduō
not much difference

Example Sentences (2)

差不多一半儿吧，张远还专门从国外飞回来呢。
Chàbuduō yí bànr ba, Zhāng Yuǎn hái zhuānmén cóng guówài fēi huílai ne.
About half, I guess; Zhang Yuan even made a special trip back from abroad.
Text 2
但是我这个月信用卡里的钱已经花得差不多了。
Dànshì wǒ zhège yuè xìnyòngkǎ lǐ de qián yǐjīng huā de chàbùduō le.
But I've almost spent all the money on my credit card this month.
Text 1

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
1,441 of 84,292