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Misunderstand in Chinese

to misunderstand · HSK 4

误会 wù huì

  1. 误 wù mistake
  2. 会 huì can

Counted with 个: 一个误会 yí gè wùhuì

你误会我的意思了。 You misunderstood what I meant.

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How do you say misunderstand in Chinese?

Misunderstand in Chinese is 误会 (wù huì). You can also say 误解 (wù jiě).

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.

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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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