(cuò) - wrong, mistaken, error in Mandarin
cuòTraditional: 錯
Translation
wrong, mistaken, error
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Word origin
错 (traditional 錯) is a phono-semantic compound: 金 (metal) is the meaning radical and 昔 (xī) the phonetic. It originally referred to plating or inlaying metal and to grinding, later acquiring the senses 'to cross, to err, wrong'.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 金 (jīn, metal radical) + 昔 (xī, phonetic)
Stroke order
错
Examples
。
You said it wrongly.
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This question was answered incorrectly.
，。
Sorry, it was my mistake.
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I have taken the wrong road.
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The answer is completely wrong.
错 (cuò) - wrong, mistaken, error.
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Appears in 4 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 错.
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Stories
(5)Grammar articles
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Figurative 起来, 下去 and 出来 in Mandarin
Formal Mandarin Connectives: 然而, 因此, 于是 and 尽管
Intermediate Mandarin Grammar (B1-B2, HSK 4-5)
Mandarin Resultative Complements: 看见, 吃完, 找到
Mandarin Rhetorical Questions: 难道, 不是...吗, 何必 and 岂不
一点儿也不 (yìdiǎnr yě bù): Not at All in Mandarin
又 vs 再 vs 还 in Mandarin: Three Ways to Say Again
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 8: 错, 站, 清楚 and 7 more words.