差點

See also: 差点

Chinese

		differ from; short of; to lack differ from; short of; to lack; poor; send; a messenger; a mission; to commission; uneven; difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake	point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)
trad. (差點)		差	點
simp. (差点)		差	点

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chàdiǎn, chādiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ, ㄔㄚ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa¹ dim²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàdiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàdiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴-tien³
    • Yale: chà-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahdean
    • Palladius: чадянь (čadjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (差點兒／差点儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàdiǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàdiǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴-tien³-ʼrh
    • Yale: chà-dyǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahdeal
    • Palladius: чадяньр (čadjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹ ti̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chādiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chadiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa¹-tien³
    • Yale: chā-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chadean
    • Palladius: чадянь (čadjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (差點兒／差点儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chādiǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄉㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chadiǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa¹-tien³-ʼrh
    • Yale: chā-dyǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chadeal
    • Palladius: чадяньр (čadjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ti̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa¹ dim²
    • Yale: chā dím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa¹ dim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca¹ dim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː⁵⁵ tiːm³⁵/

Adverb

差點

1. almost; nearly

   他差點沒趕上火車。 [MSC, trad.]
   他差点没赶上火车。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā chàdiǎn méi gǎnshàng huǒchē. [Pinyin]

   He nearly missed the train.

   我差點暈過去，嚇死我了。 [MSC, trad.]
   我差点晕过去，吓死我了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ chàdiǎn yùn guòqu, xiàsǐ wǒ le. [Pinyin]

   I was so scared that I almost passed out.

Usage notes

• Unlike 差不多 (chàbuduō), 差點／差点 (chàdiǎn) must precede a verb.

Synonyms

• 差一點／差一点
• 差啲 (caa¹ di¹) (Cantonese)
• 差小可 (Hokkien)
• 差小可仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 差淡薄 (Hokkien)
• 差淡薄仔 (Hokkien)
• 差無偌／差无偌 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 差點咖子／差点咖子 (ca¹ dienn³ ga zr) (Xiang)
• 急下烏／急下乌 (⁷ciq-shia-u) (Wu)
• 爭些／争些 (zhēngxiē) (obsolete)
• 爭啲／争啲 (zaang¹ di¹) (Cantonese)
• 爭差點兒／争差点儿 (zen¹ ca¹ dianr³) (Sichuanese)
• 爭滴滴兒／争滴滴儿 (zen¹ di¹ dir^3-1) (Sichuanese)
• 爭點兒／争点儿 (zen¹ dianr³) (Sichuanese)
• 臨臨仔／临临仔 (Hokkien)
• 險／险 (xiǎn) (of bad things)
• 險些／险些 (xiǎnxiē) (of bad things)
• 險介乎／险介乎 (⁵shi-cia-wu) (Wu)
• 險險／险险 (Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 差點沒／差点没 (chàdiǎn méi)

 

Adjective

差點

1. slightly inferior

Synonyms

• 差一點／差一点 (chàyīdiǎn)