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You can remember the meaning of 差点 with this easy mnemonic:

It's almost unnoticeable, but the only difference (差) between my twin and me is the little dot (点) I have in the middle of my forehead.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 差
• 点

• 共同点
• 早点
• 地点
• 弱点
• 一点儿
• 差不多
• 有点
• 差劲
• 点儿
• 重点
• 一点
• 观点
• 差点
• 点子
• 点心
• 晚点

The reading of 差点 is chà diǎn.

You can remember how to say 差点 with this useful mnemonic:

Well, that and the fact that I'm male and she's female. My name is Charlie (chà) and her name is Diane (diǎn).

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

Learning vocabulary like almost and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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