错
误

Mistaken in Chinese: 错误 (cuò wù)

cuò wù

mistaken

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 錯誤2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1mistaken; false; wrong
  2. 2error; mistake

Stroke order

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错
误

Zhuyin

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ㄘㄨㄛˋ

cuò

ㄘ/ cㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄨˋ

wù

ㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

错误

Simplified

錯誤

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 没有错误。

    méi yǒu cuò wù。

    There's no mistake.

  • 你犯了个错误。

    nǐ fàn le gè cuò wù。

    You made a mistake.

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Related words

错

cuò

mistake

误

wù

mistake

误会

wù huì

to misunderstand

耽误

dān wu

to delay

不错

bù cuò

correct

没错

méi cuò

that's right

失误

shī wù

lapse

误解

wù jiě

to misunderstand

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

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