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差点 meaning in English

chàdiǎn

almost; nearly

Traditional 差點18 strokes

Meaning of 差点

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chàdiǎn
  1. almost
  2. nearly

差点 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā差chà点diǎn要yào说shuō「我wǒ不bù知zhī道dào」了le。
She almost said "I don't know".
小xiǎo孩hái差chà点diǎn伤shāng到dào了le小xiǎo狗gǒu。
The child almost hurt the small dog.
我wǒ差chà点diǎn大dà声shēng笑xiào了le出chū来lái。
I almost laughed out loud.
我wǒ差chà点diǎn就jiù睡shuì著zhù了le。
I'd almost fallen asleep.
我wǒ差chà点diǎn没méi考kǎo过guò。
I barely passed the exam.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

差 chà · different · 9 strokes

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  9. 9

点 diǎn · to touch briefly · 9 strokes

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  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 差点.

地点dìdiǎnplace; site
一点儿yīdiǎnrerhua variant of 一點|一点[yi1 dian3]
差不多chàbuduōalmost; nearly
一点点yī diǎndiǎna little bit
重点zhòngdiǎnto recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate
观点guāndiǎnpoint of view; viewpoint
有点儿yǒudiǎnrslightly; a little
快点儿kuài diǎnrerhua variant of 快點|快点[kuai4 dian3]
点头diǎntóuto nod
特点tèdiǎncharacteristic; trait; feature
有一点儿yǒuyīdiǎnra bit; a little
缺点quēdiǎnweak point; fault

Questions about 差点

What does 差点 mean?

差点 (chàdiǎn) means "almost; nearly".

How do you write 差点?

差点 is made of 2 characters: 差 (9 strokes), 点 (9 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

How is 差点 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 差点 is written 差點.