Error in Chinese
error · HSK 4
错误
- 错 wrong
- 误 mistake
Counted with 个: 一个错误
我犯了一个错误。 I made a mistake.
Other ways to say error
More words with 错 or 误
How do you say error in Chinese?
Error in Chinese is 错误 (cuò wù). You can also say 失误 (shī wù), 误 (wù).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.