错误 cuòwù▶ error

Stroke order

错误 is written in 22 strokes across 2 characters.

• 错 — 13 strokes
• 误 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. mistaken; false; wrong
2. error; mistake

Example sentences

• 这是一个小错误。Zhè shì yí ge xiǎo cuòwù.This is a small mistake.
• 他发现了自己的错误。Tā fāxiàn le zìjǐ de cuòwù.He discovered his own mistake.

Related words

• 误会Malentendido
• 耽误retraso
• 错incorrecto, equivocado
• 失误Un error
• 误差error
• 误解malentender

错误 is pronounced cuòwù and means “error”. HSK 4 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 错误 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.