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To misunderstand in Chinese: 误解 (wù jiě)

wù jiě

to misunderstand

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 誤解1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to misunderstand
  2. 2misunderstanding

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误
解

Zhuyin

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ㄨˋ

wù

ㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄧㄝˇ

jiě

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

误解

Simplified

誤解

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我不想让你误解我的意思。

    wǒ bù xiǎng ràng nǐ wù jiě wǒ de yì sī。

    I don't want you to misunderstand what I mean.

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Related words

解

jiě

to divide

误

wù

mistake

解决

jiě jué

to solve

了解

liǎo jiě

to understand

解释

jiě shì

explanation

理解

lǐ jiě

to comprehend

误会

wù huì

to misunderstand

错误

cuò wù

mistaken

耽误

dān wu

to delay

缓解

huǎn jiě

to bring relief

解放

jiě fàng

to liberate

解开

jiě kāi

to untie

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