差不离

差不離
chàbùlí
adjective #36,813

Meanings

  1. 1 nearly
  2. 2 almost the same
  3. 3 similar
  4. 4 ordinary / mediocre

Examples

Wǒmen liǎ de chéngjì chàbùlí.
Our grades are about the same.
Shíjiān chàbùlí le, wǒmen gāi chūfā le.
It's almost time; we should set off.
Tā de shuǐpíng yě jiù chàbùlí, bú suàn tèbié tūchū.
His level is just so-so; nothing particularly outstanding.

Tips

usage
差不离 is the colloquial northern cousin of the more standard 差不多 (chàbuduō, 'about the same'). They overlap heavily, but 差不离 sounds more spoken/regional and can also mean 'mediocre, run-of-the-mill' — a nuance 差不多 doesn't carry as strongly.

Stroke Order

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