# 差一点儿 (chàyīdiǎnr)

In Mandarin Chinese, 差一点儿 (chàyīdiǎnr) means “almost; nearly; by a narrow margin”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: almost; nearly; by a narrow margin
- Pinyin: chàyīdiǎnr (cha4 yi1 dian3 r5)
- Traditional: 差一點兒
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 我今天早上差一点儿就迟到了。
  Wǒ jīntiān zǎoshang chàyīdiǎnr jiù chídào le.
  I was almost late this morning.

## Characters

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

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

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