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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

差不多 [chàbuduō]
  1. 1. adjective very similar
    这两块布颜色差不多。
    The colour (英) {或} color (美) of these two pieces of material is very similar.
  2. 2. adverb almost
    晚饭差不多快做好了。
    Dinner is almost ready.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

差不多 [chàbuduō]
  1. 1. about the same; similar
    姐妹俩长相差不多。
    The two sisters look very much alike.
    他们俩高矮差不多。
    The two of them are about the same height.
    两件衣服的颜色差不多。
    这两辆车的速度差不多。
  2. 2. just about right; just about enough; not far off; not bad
    麦子熟得差不多了，该割了。
    The wheat is just about ripe enough to be cut.
    这本书我差不多快看完了。
  3. 3. almost; nearly
    我差不多等了两个小时。
    I waited for nearly two hours.
    你比我差不多高一头。
    You're almost a head taller than me.
    差不多一半同学都学过英语。
    Nearly half the students have learned some English before.
    我差不多写了五千字。
    他跑得差不多比我快一倍。
    差不多八成的同学都是女生。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

差不多 [chàbuduō]
  1. 1. 形 相差很少;相近
    "丐"和"丏"两个字,字形差不多,容易混淆
  2. 2. 形 普通;大多数
    差不多的农活他都会
  3. 3. 副 几(ｊī)乎;接近
    她俩差不多高
    钱差不多花光了
See more results for 差不多 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

他们俩的技术半斤八两，差不多。
So far as their skills are concerned, it's six of one and half a dozen of the other. → 半斤八两
差不多 → 差
something like that
差不多 → like
more or less
差不多 → more
pretty much/pretty well
[inf] 差不多 → pretty

Word Decomposition

差
[chà] 		+ 不
[bù] 		+ 多
[duō]

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