差不多 chàbuduō

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Traditional form

差不多 chàbuduō

Part of speech

Idiomatic phrase / 习用语 Xí yòngyǔ

差 chā

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Depicts grain (麥 mài ) being rolled between the fingers in the left hand (左 Zuǒ ). Based on the original meaning "rub between fingers", now written as 搓 cuō . The meaning later shifted to "uneven" and "error".

Positional decomposition

⿸羊工

Number of Strokes

不 bù

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

⿱一 yī ？

Number of Strokes

多 duō

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of two identical objects to convey the meaning "many". Not related to 夕 xī (dusk).

Positional decomposition

⿱夕夕

Number of Strokes

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我 wǒ 可 kě 憋 biē 差不多 chàbuduō 一分钟 Zhōng 的 de 气 qì .

I can hold my breath for about one minute.

我 wǒ 在 zài 水下 shuǐ xià 可以 kěyǐ 憋 biē 差不多 chàbuduō 半 bàn 分钟 fēnzhōng 长 cháng 的 de 气 qì .

I can hold my breath for about half a minute underwater.

咳嗽 késou 差不多 chàbuduō 好 hǎo 了 le , 可以 kěyǐ 喝 hē 冻 dòng 的 de , 吃 chī 辣 là 的 de 吗 mǎ ?

Cough is about the same good, can drink aspic, eat hot?

兄弟 xiōngdì 俩 liǎ 穿 chuān 得 dé 差不多 chàbuduō .

The brothers dress similarly.

“ 衣裳 yīshang 旧 jiù 了 le ,染 rǎn 染 rǎn 差不多 chàbuduō 和 hé 新 Xīn 的 de 一样 yīyàng .

" Old clothes dyed are almost as good as new.

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 差不多 chàbuduō and their own compounds.

差 chā

工 gōng , 羊 Yáng , 丿 piě

不多

多 duō

夕 xī

See all 109 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 差不多 chàbuduō in their composition.

差 chā

搓 cuō , 磋 cuō , 嗟 jiē , 蹉 cuō , 鹾 cuó , 傞 suō , 嵯 cuó , 槎 chá , 溠 zhà , 瑳 cuō , 瘥 chài , 艖 chā , 醝 cuó , 嫅, 嵳, 暛, 縒, 蒫, 褨, 鎈, 髊, 鹺, 齹

不多

否 fǒu

痞 pǐ , 嚭 pǐ , 俖, 娝, 桮, 脴, 踎

丕 pī

胚 pēi , 呸 pēi , 坯 pī , 抷, 伾 pī , 柸 pēi , 狉 pī , 秠 pī , 苤 piě , 蚽 pí , 邳 pī , 駓, 噽, 岯, 怌, 豾, 鉟, 髬, 魾

还 Huán , 坏 huài , 杯 bēi , 怀 Huái , 环 Huán , 歪 wāi , 孬 nāo , 甭 béng , 钚 bù , 鈈, 吥 bù , 囨 piān , 妚 pēi , 抔 póu , 紑 fóu , 罘 fú , 芣 fú , 伓, 奀, 嫑 biáo , 炋, 盃 bēi , 肧, 衃, 覔, 銔, 阫, 鴀