That is almost correct.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
差点
almost
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
almost
02
nearly
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 差点 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 差点 appears in 55 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
She came near being drowned.
I was nearly hit by a car.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 差点.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 差点.
Directly before
- 我差点18
- 她差点5
- 他差点4
- 你差点3
- 昨晚差点2
Directly after
- 差点就9
- 差点被8
- 差点在3
- 差点被车撞2
- 差点把2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 差点
What does 差点 mean in Chinese?
差点 (chàdiǎn) means almost.
How do you pronounce 差点?
差点 is pronounced chàdiǎn.
Is 差点 an HSK word?
差点 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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