错 cuò
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 昔 past, former
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
错
cuò
wrong; mistake
Character
Example phrases
- 你说错了。 Nǐ shuō cuò le. You said it wrong.
- 对不起，我错了。 Duìbuqǐ, wǒ cuò le. Sorry, I was wrong.
- 这个字没错。 Zhège zì méi cuò. There's nothing wrong with this character.
- 这个字你写错了。 Zhège zì nǐ xiě cuò le. You wrote this character wrong.
- 你哪儿错了？ Nǐ nǎr cuò le? Where did you make a mistake?
- 都是我记错了。 Dōu shì wǒ jì cuò le. It's all my fault — I remembered wrong.
- 错了没关系。 Cuò le méi guānxi. It's okay if you made a mistake.
- 考试我错了一个字。 Kǎoshì wǒ cuò le yíge zì. On the exam I got one character wrong.
- 别写错你的名字。 Bié xiě cuò nǐ de míngzi. Don't write your name wrong.
- 老师说他错了。 Lǎoshī shuō tā cuò le. The teacher said he was wrong.
Related words
- 不错 búcuò good; not bad
- 错误 cuòwù mistake; error
- 没错 méicuò correct; right
- 认错 rèncuò to admit a mistake
- 差错 chācuò error; mistake
- 错别字 cuòbiézì wrongly written or misused character; typo
- 错觉 cuòjué illusion; misconception; false impression
- 错位 cuòwèi to be misplaced; to be out of alignment; dislocation
- 错综复杂 cuòzōngfùzá intricate; complicated; complex
- 过错 guòcuò fault; mistake; wrongdoing
- 重要 zhòngyào important
- 不对 bú duì wrong, incorrect