误 wù
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 吴 one of several warring states
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
误
wù
to mistake, to misunderstand
Character
Example phrases
- 我误把他的沉默理解成了反对。 Wǒ wù bǎ tā de chénmò lǐjiě chéng le fǎnduì. I mistakenly understood his silence as opposition.
- 他误以为今天放假，结果迟到了。 Tā wù yǐwéi jīntiān fàngjià, jiéguǒ chídào le. He mistakenly thought today was a day off and ended up being late.
- 路上堵车，我们误了最后一班火车。 Lùshang dǔchē, wǒmen wù le zuìhòu yì bān huǒchē. There was a traffic jam on the road, and we missed the last train.
Related words
- 错误 cuòwù mistake; error
- 误会 wùhuì misunderstanding; to misunderstand
- 失误 shīwù mistake
- 误解 wùjiě to misunderstand
- 耽误 dānwu to delay, to waste time
- 误差 wùchā error; deviation
- 误导 wùdǎo to mislead
- 误区 wùqū misconception; mistaken area of understanding
- 延误 yánwù to delay; to hold up
- 疑惑 yíhuò to doubt; doubt
- 算是 suànshì to be considered as; quite
- 思路 sīlù train of thought