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错
錯
cuò
1.
mistake
2.
wrong
3.
bad
4.
interlocking
5.
complex
6.
to grind
7.
to polish
8.
to alternate
9.
to stagger
10.
to miss
11.
to let slip
12.
to evade
13.
to inlay with gold or silver
HSK 2
Very Common • Top 0%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
不错
bùcuò
correct
交错
jiāocuò
to crisscross
做错
zuòcuò
to make an error
出错
chūcuò
to make a mistake
大错
dàcuò
blunder
失错
shīcuò
mistake
差错
chācuò
mistake
弄错
nòngcuò
to err
打错
dǎcuò
to err
拼错
pīncuò
to misspell
排错
páicuò
troubleshooting
揪错
jiūcuò
lit. to grab wrong
搞错
gǎocuò
mistake
改错
gǎicuò
to correct an error
没错
méicuò
that's right
海错
hǎicuò
seafood delicacy
犯错
fàncuò
to err
璀错
cuǐcuò
many and varied
盘错
páncuò
intertwined (of tree roots or branches)
看错
kàncuò
a mistake
Example Sentences (4)
这么多？你不会是记错了吧？
Zhème duō? Nǐ bù huì shì jì cuò le ba?
So many? You didn't misremember, did you?
Text 2
不过，如果你认为每个中国人都会正确使用筷子，那就错了。
Búguò, rúguǒ nǐ rènwéi měi gè zhōngguó rén dōu huì zhèngquè shǐyòng kuàizi, nà jiù cuò le.
However, if you think every Chinese person can use chopsticks correctly, then you're wrong.
Text 4
没关系，不用道歉，谁都有粗心填错的时候。申请表都被别人拿走了，我给你重新打印一份，你等一下。
Méiguānxì, bùyòng dàoqiàn, shéi dōu yǒu cūxīn tiáncuò de shíhòu. Shēnqǐngbiǎo dōu bèi biérén názǒu le, wǒ gěi nǐ chóngxīn dǎyìn yífèn, nǐ děng yíxià.
It's okay, no need to apologize; everyone makes careless mistakes when filling things out. The application form was taken by someone else; I'll print you another copy. Please wait a moment.
Text 1
第二天，他路过小区门口时，又仔细看了一下广告，原来在记号码的时候写错了一个数字。
Dì èr tiān, tā lùguò xiǎoqū ménkǒu shí, yòu zǐxì kàn le yí xià guǎnggào, yuánlái zài jì hàomǎ de shíhou xiě cuò le yí gè shùzì.
The next day, as he passed the entrance to the residential complex, he looked carefully at the ad again, and it turned out that he had written one digit wrong when writing down the number.
Text 4
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 637
- Word Frequency Rank
- 168 of 84,292