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How do you say "wrong" in Chinese?
错误
cuòwù
In Chinese, "wrong" is 错误.
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Pronunciation
Two syllables: 'tswaw' (falling tone, rhymes with 'saw') and 'woo' (falling tone, rhymes with 'too'), both descend in pitch.
Writing and usage
Two characters totaling 13 strokes; the first relates to mistakes or wrong direction, the second to mistakes or errors, doubling the sense of incorrectness.
Example sentence
我说错了。
I said it wrong.
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How to remember 错误
Both characters emphasize error and mistake, so when you see them together, think wrong.
Related words
- blue 蓝 lán
- cloudy 多云 duō yún
- eight 八 bā
- fog 雾 wù
- seventeen 十七 shí qī
- thirty 三十 sān shí
- thirty-six 三十六 sān shí liù
- twelve 十二 shí èr
- twenty 二十 èr shí
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Questions about 错误
How do you say "wrong" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "wrong" is 错误. It is a noun.
How is 错误 written in Chinese?
Two characters totaling 13 strokes; the first relates to mistakes or wrong direction, the second to mistakes or errors, doubling the sense of incorrectness.
How is 错误 used in a sentence?
Use 错误 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 我说错了。 (I said it wrong.).
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