Chinese word

错位

Pronunciation

Pinyincuò wèi

Meaning

  • verbbe misaligned

Example

图片错位了，看起来很奇怪。tú piàn cuò wèi le kàn qǐ lái hěn qí guài

The picture is misaligned, so it looks strange.

Illustration for 错位 (be misaligned)

More examples

会议中他的发言有些错位，与讨论重点不太相关。huì yì zhōng tā de fā yán yǒu xiē cuò wèi yǔ tǎo lùn zhòng diǎn bú tài xiāng guān

During the meeting, his remarks were somewhat misaligned and not closely related to the main point of the discussion.

Core concept

Something sits out of line with the position it should occupy.

Common phrases

  • 结构错位jié gòu cuò wèi

    structural misalignment

  • 观念错位guān niàn cuò wèi

    conceptual misalignment

Similar words

偏移piān yí: Shift slightly away from a reference point or center.
偏离piān lí: Deviate from the proper position or a set standard.
倾斜qīng xié: Become slanted away from a vertical or horizontal direction.

Definition in Chinese

用于描述物体或结构的位置偏离正常或预期位置的动作或状态，强调位置关系的不对齐。yòng yú miáo shù wù tǐ huò jié gòu de wèi zhì piān lí zhèng cháng huò yù qī wèi zhì de dòng zuò huò zhuàng tài qiáng diào wèi zhì guān xì de bú duì qí

Word origin

错位 (cuòwèi, "misalignment") combines 错 (cuò, "wrong or out of place") with 位 (wèi, "position"), pointing to a position that does not match.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, this word fits a crooked button row, a text box that sits too high, or a picture that does not line up with its frame, making it useful for small visual problems.

Opposites

  • 就位jiù wèitake one's positionverb

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