差不多

Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
差不多

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ tʂʰa˥˩pu˨˩tuɔ˥˥ ]

Adjective

差不多 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin chàbuduō)

1. similar
2. not bad

Adverb

差不多 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin chàbuduō)

1. (Elementary Mandarin) almost; nearly

Interjection

差不多 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin chàbuduō)

1. (colloquial) sort of; kinda

References

• 1997, Jerome P. Keuper, Chinese 1000: Idiomatic and Colloquial Expressions (中国话：习惯用法和口语的表达法) (in English/Mandarin), Florida: Krieger Publishing Company, ISBN 1-57524-006-8:
• 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785:
• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:

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Min Nan

simpl. and trad.
差不多

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ tsʰa˧˧put˥˥to˥˥ ]

Adjective

差不多 (traditional and simplified, POJ chha-put-to)

1. similar
2. not bad

Adverb

差不多 (traditional and simplified, POJ chha-put-to)

1. almost; nearly
   • 2005, anon., M̄-nā 無路用, 更加是阻礙!! (blog rant about poor news coverage: Not only is it not useful, it is a hinderance!)

     無仝 ê 新聞台, 竟然 lóng 報導差不多仝款 ê 新聞內容, che 有影是不可思議 ê 現象 (trad.)

     无仝 ê 新闻台, 竟然 lóng 报导差不多仝款 ê 新闻内容, che 有影是不可思议 ê 现象 (simp.)

     bô-kâng ê sin-bûn-tâi, kéng-jiân lóng pò-tō chha-put-to kâng-khóan ê sin-bûn lāi-iông, che ū-iáⁿ sī put-khó-su-gī ê hiān-siōng

     Even for different newstations, they still all report almost the same news content. This is really an incomprehensible phenomenon