差不多

Chinese

 
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
not; no
 
many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
simp. and trad.
(差不多)

Pronunciation


Adjective

差不多

  1. similar; about the same; close enough
    電影差不多 [MSC, trad.]
    电影差不多 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè jǐ ge diànyǐng dōu chàbuduō. [Pinyin]
    All these movies are pretty much the same.
  2. not bad
  3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) good (of one's behavior)

Adverb

差不多

  1. almost; nearly
    我們差不多 / 我们差不多   Wǒmen chàbuduō gāo.   We are nearly the same height.
    差不多一個 / 差不多一个   chàbuduō yīge nián   almost a year

Interjection

差不多

  1. (colloquial) sort of; kinda

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