差点儿 Traditional form: 差點兒 Pinyin (reading): chàdiǎnr Definitions: erhua variant of 差點/差点 (chàdiǎn) Characters: 差 - difference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an officer 点 - dot, point, speck 儿 - son, child Traditional characters: 差 - difference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an officer 點 - dot, point, speck 兒 - son, child