險些
simp险些him2 se1xiǎn xiē
English
- narrowly
- almost
- nearly
- almost (usually of unwanted things)
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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