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title: "差点 (chàdiǎn) in Chinese Grammar: Almost, With Examples"
description: "差点 (chàdiǎn): almost; nearly (but it didn’t happen). 差点 + verb: it almost happened. 3 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# 差点 chàdiǎn

Almost; nearly (but it didn’t happen)

差点 + verb: it almost happened.

## In stories

我越想越难过，**差点**把自己感动哭了。

[两个饭团 · The old man who buys two rice balls](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-old-man-who-buys-two-rice-balls#library-word-297-299) HSK 5

我**差点**笑出声来，不料看了一会儿，竟然好像真的看见了那匹马。

[京剧是什么？ · What is Peking opera?](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/what-is-peking-opera#library-word-280-282) HSK 6

不料他身体轻轻一转，我就像推在了一扇敞开的门上，自己**差点**摔倒。

[太极拳是什么？ · What is tai chi?](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/what-is-tai-chi#library-word-559-561) HSK 6

[Read 两个饭团](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-old-man-who-buys-two-rice-balls#library-word-297-299)

## More patterns

- [有点(儿) + adjective a bit …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/youdianr)
- [一点(儿) + 也/都 + 不/没 not … at all](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yidian-ye-neg)
- [差点儿 almost; nearly (but it didn’t happen)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/chadianr)
- [A 比 B + adjective + 一点/一些 a bit more … than …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/bi-yidian)
- [把 + object + verb do something to … (and it ends up changed)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/ba)
- [verb (+ 了) + duration (for how long) for … (how long … lasts)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/duration)

## What does 差点 (chàdiǎn) mean in Chinese?

Almost; nearly (but it didn’t happen). 差点 + verb: it almost happened.

## How common is 差点?

It comes up in 3 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

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Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.