粵

險him2些se1

simp险些
him2 se1xiǎn xiē

English

  1. narrowly
  2. almost
  3. nearly
  4. almost (usually of unwanted things)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 差啲、幾乎;多用喺唔想發生嘅嘢度

Examples

  • 他險些被殺害。

    He narrowly escaped being killed.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 我們險些丟了命。

    We were in danger of losing our lives.

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

  • 我差啲遲到。

    我險些遲到。

    I am almost late.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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