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误
誤
wù
1. mistake
2. error
3. to miss
4. to harm
5. to delay
6. to neglect
7. mistakenly
Very Common • Top 3%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

误
wù
error, fault, mistake; to delay
HSK 4 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

偏误
piānwù
bias (statistics)
刊误
kānwù
to correct printing errors
勘误
kānwù
to correct printing errors
失误
shīwù
lapse
HSK 6
差误
chāwù
mistake
延误
yánwu
to delay
担误
dānwu
variant of [[耽誤|耽误<dānwu>]]
正误
zhèngwù
true or false?
无误
wúwù
verified
笔误
bǐwù
a slip of a pen
耽误
dānwu
to delay
HSK 5
脱误
tuōwù
omission
脚误
jiǎowù
foot fault (tennis etc)
讹误
éwù
error in a text
误事
wùshì
to hold things up
误作
wùzuò
to consider erroneously
误信
wùxìn
to falsely believe
误伤
wùshāng
to injure accidentally
误判
wùpàn
to misjudge
误区
wùqū
error

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
853
Word Frequency Rank
2,502 of 84,292

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