差不多

chàbuduō

adverb HSK 3 #932

Meanings

Literally 'differ not much' - almost the same.

HSK 1

差不多到了。

Chàbuduo dào le.

We're almost there.

HSK 2

差不多了，我们走吧。

Chàbuduo le, wǒmen zǒu ba.

That's about enough, let's go.

HSK 2

我们差不多高。

Wǒmen chàbuduo gāo.

We're about the same height.

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