差不多

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Chinese

differ from; short of; to lack
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
many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
 
trad. (差不多) 差 不 多
simp. #(差不多) 差 不 多

Pronunciation

Adjective

差不多

  1. similar; about the same; good enough
    這幾個電影都差不多。 [MSC, trad.]
    这几个电影都差不多。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè jǐ ge diànyǐng dōu chàbuduō.
    All these movies are pretty much the same.
  2. not bad
  3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) good (of one's behavior)

Synonyms

Adverb

差不多

  1. almost; nearly
    我們差不多高。 [MSC, trad.]
    我们差不多高。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒmen chàbuduō gāo.
    We are nearly the same height.
    差不多一個年／差不多一个年  ―  chàbuduō yīge nián  ―  almost a year

Synonyms

Interjection

差不多

  1. (colloquial) sort of; kinda

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