# 差点儿 (chàdiǎnr)

In Mandarin Chinese, 差点儿 (chàdiǎnr) means “almost; nearly; barely”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: almost; nearly; barely
- Pinyin: chàdiǎnr (cha4 dian3 r5)
- Traditional: 差點兒
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 我起晚了，差点儿没赶上火车。
  Wǒ qǐ wǎn le, chàdiǎnr méi gǎnshàng huǒchē.
  I woke up late and almost missed the train.

## Characters

- [差](https://hanziro.com/word/cha-poor/) (chà): poor; not good
- [点](https://hanziro.com/word/dian-oclock/) (diǎn): o'clock; a little
- 儿 (ér): child; son

https://hanziro.com/word/cha-dianr-almost/

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