错

Mistake in Chinese: 错 (cuò)

cuò

mistake

HSK 2Traditional: 錯2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1mistake
  2. 2wrong
  3. 3bad
  4. 4interlocking
  5. 5complex
  6. 6to grind
  7. 7to polish
  8. 8to alternate
  9. 9to stagger
  10. 10to miss
  11. 11to let slip
  12. 12to evade
  13. 13to inlay with gold or silver

Stroke order

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错

Zhuyin

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ㄘㄨㄛˋ

cuò

ㄘ/ cㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

错

Simplified

錯

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我错了吗？

    wǒ cuò le ma？

    Was I wrong?

  • 我搞错了。

    wǒ gǎo cuò le。

    I was wrong.

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Related words

错误

cuò wù

mistaken

不错

bù cuò

correct

没错

méi cuò

that's right

错过

cuò guò

to miss (train, opportunity etc)

差错

chā cuò

mistake

错觉

cuò jué

misconception

错位

cuò wèi

to be wrongly positioned

过错

guò cuò

mistake

认错

rèn cuò

to admit an error

错别字

cuò bié zì

incorrectly written or mispronounced characters

错综复杂

cuò zōng fù zá

tangled and complicated (idiom)

纵横交错

zòng héng jiāo cuò

criss-crossed (idiom)

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