差一點

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	a little; a bit; at all a little; a bit; at all; in the slightest; the least bit
trad. (差一點)		差	一點
simp. (差一点)		差	一点

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chàyīdiǎn, chāyīdiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˋ ㄧ ㄉㄧㄢˇ, ㄔㄚ ㄧ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa¹ jat¹ dim²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàyīdiǎn [Phonetic: chàyìdiǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ ㄧ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàyidiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴-i¹-tien³
    • Yale: chà-yī-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahidean
    • Palladius: чаидянь (čaidjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (差一點兒 / 差一点儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàyīdiǎnr [Phonetic: chàyìdiǎnr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ ㄧ ㄉㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàyidiǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴-i¹-tien³-ʼrh
    • Yale: chà-yī-dyǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahideal
    • Palladius: чаидяньр (čaidjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ti̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāyīdiǎn [Phonetic: chāyìdiǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄧ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chayidiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa¹-i¹-tien³
    • Yale: chā-yī-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaidean
    • Palladius: чаидянь (čaidjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (差一點兒 / 差一点儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāyīdiǎnr [Phonetic: chāyìdiǎnr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄧ ㄉㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chayidiǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa¹-i¹-tien³-ʼrh
    • Yale: chā-yī-dyǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaideal
    • Palladius: чаидяньр (čaidjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ti̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa¹ jat¹ dim²
    • Yale: chā yāt dím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa¹ jat⁷ dim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca¹ yed¹ dim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ tiːm³⁵/

Adverb

差一點

1. almost; nearly

Synonyms

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• 差啲 (caa¹ di¹) (Cantonese)
• 差小可 (Hokkien)
• 差小可仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 差淡薄 (Hokkien)
• 差淡薄仔 (Hokkien)
• 差無偌 / 差无偌 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 差點 / 差点 (chàdiǎn)
• 差點咖子 / 差点咖子 (ca¹ dienn³ ga zr) (Xiang)
• 急下烏 / 急下乌 (⁷ciq-shia-u) (Wu)
• 爭些 / 争些 (zhēngxiē) (obsolete)
• 爭啲 / 争啲 (zaang¹ di¹) (Cantonese)
• 爭差點兒 / 争差点儿 (zen¹ ca¹ dianr³) (Sichuanese)
• 爭滴滴兒 / 争滴滴儿 (zen¹ di¹ dir^3-1) (Sichuanese)
• 爭點兒 / 争点儿 (zen¹ dianr³) (Sichuanese)
• 絀滴囝 / 绌滴囝 (Teochew)
• 臨臨仔 / 临临仔 (Hokkien)
• 險 / 险 (xiǎn) (of bad things)
• 險些 / 险些 (xiǎnxiē) (of bad things)
• 險介乎 / 险介乎 (⁵shi-cia-wu) (Wu)
• 險險 / 险险 (Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 差一點沒 / 差一点没 (chàyīdiǎn méi)

 

Adjective

差一點

1. slightly inferior

Synonyms

• 差點／差点 (chàdiǎn)