Incorrectly written or mispronounced characters in Chinese: 错别字 (cuò bié zì)
cuò bié zì
incorrectly written or mispronounced characters
Definitions
- 1incorrectly written or mispronounced characters
Stroke order
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Zhuyin
This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.
ㄘㄨㄛˋ
cuò
ㄅㄧㄝˊ
bié
ㄗˋ
zì
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.
Related words
字
zì
letter
别
bié
to leave
错
cuò
mistake
名字
míng zi
name (of a person or thing)
别人
bié ren
other people
特别
tè bié
unusual
字典
zì diǎn
Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters)
区别
qū bié
difference
数字
shù zì
numeral
性别
xìng bié
gender
差别
chā bié
difference
错误
cuò wù
mistaken
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