Incorrectly written or mispronounced characters in Chinese: 错别字 (cuò bié zì)

cuò bié zì

incorrectly written or mispronounced characters

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 錯別字1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1incorrectly written or mispronounced characters

Stroke order

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Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄘㄨㄛˋ

cuò

/ c/ u/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄅㄧㄝˊ

bié

/ b/ i/ êˊ/ second tone

ㄗˋ

/ zˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

错别字

Simplified

錯別字

Traditional

Example sentences

See 错别字 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 老师帮我改正了作文里的错别字。

    lǎo shī bāng wǒ gǎi zhèng le zuò wén lǐ de cuò bié zì。

    The teacher corrected the wrong characters in my essay.

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