Chinese word

错误

Pronunciation

Pinyincuò wù

Meaning

  • nounerror

Example

表格里有个错误。biǎo gé lǐ yǒu gè cuò wù

There is an error in the table.

Illustration for 错误 (error)

More examples

程序里有一个小小的错误，程序无法运行。chéng xù lǐ yǒu yí gè xiáo xiǎo de cuò wù chéng xù wú fǎ yùn xíng

There is a small error in the program, and the program cannot run.

Core concept

A mismatch between what is correct and what has been written, thought, or done, marked as something to fix.

Common phrases

  • 指出错误zhǐ chū cuò wù

    point out an error

  • 避免错误bì miǎn cuò wù

    avoid mistakes

  • 改正错误gǎi zhèng cuò wù

    correct errors

Similar words

失误shī wù: A mistake made through carelessness or poor judgment during work or another task.

Definition in Chinese

表示认识、判断或行为上与事实不符或不准确的情况，通常指需要更正的错误或缺陷。biǎo shì rèn shí pàn duàn huò xíng wéi shàng yǔ shì shí bù fú huò bù zhǔn què de qíng kuàng tōng cháng zhǐ xū yào gēng zhèng de cuò wù huò quē xiàn

Word origin

错误 (cuòwù, "error") is a compound of 错 (cuò, "wrong") and 误 (wù, "mistake"), whose overlapping ideas reinforce the sense of being incorrect.

Usage tips

  • The noun can report a problem without assigning blame, so a form, calculation, or statement may be described as having one even when no person's carelessness is mentioned.

Other meanings

  • mistakenoun
  • blundernoun

Related words

  • 错误的cuò wù deerroneousadjective

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