# 差點沒
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chàdiǎn méi, chādiǎn méi
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄟˊ, ㄔㄚ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄟˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chàdiǎn méi
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chàdiǎn méi
*** Wade–Giles: chʻa$^4$-tien$^3$ mei$^2$
*** Yale: chà-dyǎn méi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahdean mei
*** Palladius: чадянь мэй (čadjanʹ mɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (差點兒沒／差点儿没)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chàdiǎnrméi
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇㄦ ㄇㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chàdiǎnrméi
*** Wade–Giles: chʻa$^4$-tien$^3$-ʼrh-mei$^2$
*** Yale: chà-dyǎnr-méi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahdealmei
*** Palladius: чадяньрмэй (čadjanʹrmɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹ ti̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chādiǎn méi
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chadiǎn méi
*** Wade–Giles: chʻa$^1$-tien$^3$ mei$^2$
*** Yale: chā-dyǎn méi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chadean mei
*** Palladius: чадянь мэй (čadjanʹ mɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (差點兒沒／差点儿没)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chādiǎnrméi
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄉㄧㄢˇㄦ ㄇㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chadiǎnrméi
*** Wade–Giles: chʻa$^1$-tien$^3$-ʼrh-mei$^2$
*** Yale: chā-dyǎnr-méi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chadealmei
*** Palladius: чадяньрмэй (čadjanʹrmɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ti̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯³⁵/

### Phrase

差點沒
* almost; nearly
       Wǒ chàdiǎnr méi diào jìn zhè kēngr lǐ, xìngkuī wǒ yǎnshénr hái bùsuàn tài chà. [Pinyin]
       I almost fell in this pit; fortunately my eyesight was not so bad.
** 1999, 瓊瑤, 還珠格格第二部, episode 10, 王艳 (actor):
       Chī kuī da, bù shì tāmen, shì huánghòu a gēn Róng Mómo. Chàdiǎnr a, méi gěi tāmen liǎng ge yān sǐ! [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    From: 2018, 《铁岭小伙给四川患者捐造血干细胞》, 华商晨报
    Bùguò, zài péngyou yǔ juānxiàn zhìyuànzhě de bāngzhù xià, xiǎohuǒ zuìzhōng shíxiàn le juānxiàn zàoxuè gànxìbāo....... Liú Bō shuō, qíshí nèixīn yě jīnglì guò zhēngzhá, yīzhí dào gāopèi chénggōng hòu tǐjiǎn qián, tā chàdiǎn méi fàngqì [Pinyin]
    However, with the help of his friends and other donation volunteers, he was eventually able to donate his haematopoietic stem cells. […] Liu Bo said that in fact he had doubted himself as well in the process, even until the moment he was about to have a general physical examination when his cells were found to be matching at high resolution. He almost gave up […]
* (emphasising 沒) almost not
       Wǒ chàdiǎnr méi diào jìn zhè kēngr lǐ, háihǎo wǒ zhège yuè jiǎn le liù jīn. [Pinyin]
       I almost could not fall in this pit; fortunately I lost three kilos this month.
    From: 2018, 《穿越格聂景区 无锡女游客左腿骨折被困40多个小时》, 成都商报电子版
    Tuǐ gǔzhé, qiújiù xìnhào chàdiǎn méi fāchū...... Liǎng rén déyǐ zài tiān hēi qián zhù jìn le zhàngpeng, dàn wèixīng diànhuà, shǒujī dōu méiyǒu xìnhào, lián bàojǐng diànhuà dōu dǎ bù chūqù. Jiāngjìn 21 diǎn, tūrán yǒu le xìnhào, Wáng Lín cái liánxì shàng le péngyou Jiǎng Mǒumǒu. [Pinyin]
    Fractured Her Bone, and Nearly Could Not Send Out a Distress Signal […] The two managed to set up a tent to stay for the night before it became dark, but their mobile phones and satellite phones were without reception and they were not even able to make emergency calls. Wang Lin was only able to contact her friend (Ms./Mr. Jiang) when there was some reception close to 9 pm.

#### Usage notes

This is a contranym ― its meaning varies depending on context and the way it is said. This phenomenon is termed “redundant negation” (羨餘否定).

#### Synonyms

* 差一點沒／差一点没 (chàyīdiǎn méi)