差不多

chàbuduō

adverb HSK 2 #932

Meanings

Literally 'differ not much' — almost the same.

Chàbuduo le, wǒmen zǒu ba.

That's about enough, let's go.

Wǒmen chàbuduo gāo.

We're about the same height.

Chàbuduo dào le.

We're almost there.

culture

差不多先生 (Mr. Chàbuduo) is a famous satirical essay by Hu Shi about a man who thinks everything is 'close enough.' It's a commentary on carelessness.

usage

差不多 is one of the most useful phrases in daily Chinese. It works as 'almost,' 'about,' 'more or less,' or 'good enough.'

差 chà

不 bù

多 duō