错
位

To be wrongly positioned in Chinese: 错位 (cuò wèi)

cuò wèi

to be wrongly positioned

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 錯位1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to be wrongly positioned; to be dislocated; to be misplaced
  2. 2(medicine) to be in malposition
  3. 3(fig.) erroneous; eccentric

Stroke order

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错
位

Zhuyin

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ㄘㄨㄛˋ

cuò

ㄘ/ cㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄨㄟˋ

wèi

ㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

错位

Simplified

錯位

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他摔了一跤，肩膀关节错位了。

    tā shuāi le yì jiāo， jiān bǎng guān jié cuò wèi le。

    He took a fall and his shoulder joint got dislocated.

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Related words

错

cuò

mistake

位

wèi

position

座位

zuò wèi

seat

错误

cuò wù

mistaken

单位

dān wèi

unit (of measure)

地位

dì wèi

position

位置

wèi zhi

position

不错

bù cuò

correct

各位

gè wèi

everybody

没错

méi cuò

that's right

位于

wèi yú

to be located at

部位

bù wèi

part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable (e.g. the root), or a garment (e.g. the sleeve) etc)

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