# 差不多
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chàbuduō
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄉㄨㄛ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caa$^1$ bat$^1$ do$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ca$^1$ biit do$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): chă-bók-dŏ̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chha-put-to / chha-bun-to / chhat-to
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ca$^1$ bug$^4$ do$^1$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ca$^1$ bu do$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chàbuduō
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄉㄨㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chàbůduo
*** Wade–Giles: chʻa$^4$-pu$^5$-to$^1$
*** Yale: chà-bu-dwō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahbuduo
*** Palladius: чабудо (čabudo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹ b̥u¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caa$^1$ bat$^1$ do$^1$
*** Yale: chā bāt dō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa$^1$ bat$^7$ do$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ca$^1$ bed$^1$ do$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tɔː⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ca$^1$ biit do$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰa⁴² pɨt̚² to⁴²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chă-bók-dŏ̤
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰa⁵⁵⁻²¹ $^{(p-)}$βuʔ²⁴⁻²¹ to⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chha-put-to
*** Tâi-lô: tsha-put-to
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zha'putdoy
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa³³ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ to³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ to⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ to⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ to⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ tɤ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chha-bun-to
*** Tâi-lô: tsha-bun-to
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zha'bundoy
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa³³ bun³³ to³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhat-to
*** Tâi-lô: tshat-to
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhatdoy
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰat̚⁵⁻²⁴ to³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ca$^1$ bug$^4$ do$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsha puk to
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰa³³⁻²³ puk̚²⁻⁴ to³³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ca$^1$ bu do$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰa̠³³ pu³ to³³/

### Adjective

差不多
* similar; about the same; good enough
       Zhè jǐ ge diànyǐng dōu chàbuduō. [Pinyin]
       All these movies are pretty much the same.
    From: 1924, Hu Shih, 差不多先生傳 ("The Life of Mr. Close Enough")
    Hóngtáng báitáng bùshì chàbuduō ma? [Pinyin]
    Brown sugar and white sugar, aren't they close enough?
* not bad
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) good (of one's behavior)

#### Synonyms

* (similar): (regional) 不大離／不大离 (bùdàlí)

### Adverb

差不多
* almost; nearly
       Wǒmen chàbuduō gāo. [Pinyin]
       We are nearly the same height.
    差不多一個年／差不多一个年 ― chàbuduō yīge nián ― almost a year
    From: 2005, anon., M̄-nā 無路用, 更加是阻礙!! (blog rant about poor news coverage: Not only is it not useful, it is a hindrance!)
    bô-kâng ê sin-bûn-tâi, kéng-jiân lóng pò-tō chha-put-to kâng-khóan ê sin-bûn lāi-iông, che ū-iáⁿ sī put-khó-su-gī ê hiān-siōng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Even different news stations all still report almost the same news content. This really is an incomprehensible phenomenon.
    From: 1924, Hu Shih, 差不多先生傳
    chābùduō xiānshēng chàbuduō yào sǐ de shíhòu [Pinyin]
    When Mr. Chàbuduō is close to his death

#### Synonyms

* 幾乎／几乎 (jīhū)

### Interjection

差不多
* (colloquial) sort of; kinda

### Derived terms

* 差不多得了 (chàbuduō déle)

### See also

* (Cantonese) 差唔多 (caa1 m4 do1)
* (Wu) 差勿多

### Further reading

* “Entry #5902”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.