差不離

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	to not leave; to be not much different from; to be about the same
trad. (差不離)		差	不離
simp. (差不离)		差	不离

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chàbùlí

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa¹ bat¹ lei⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chha-put-lî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàbùlí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàbùlí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴-pu⁴-li²
    • Yale: chà-bù-lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahbuli
    • Palladius: чабули (čabuli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa¹ bat¹ lei⁴
    • Yale: chā bāt lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa¹ bat⁷ lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca¹ bed¹ léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lei̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chha-put-lî
    • Tâi-lô: tsha-put-lî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zha'putlii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa³³ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ li²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ li¹³/

Adjective

差不離

1. about the same; similar
2. just about right; just about enough; not far off; not bad

Adverb

差不離

1. almost; nearly

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 差無偌／差无偌