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HSK 3.0 Level 6

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Definitions

  1. 1. mistake
  2. 2. error
  3. 3. to miss
  4. 4. to harm
  5. 5. to delay
  6. 6. to neglect
  7. 7. mistakenly

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10981493)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

Words Containing 误

误点
wù diǎn

not on time

误会
wù huì

to misunderstand

误差
wù chā

difference

两不误
liǎng bù wù

to neglect neither one

谬误
miù wù

error

脱误
tuō wù

omission

延误费
yán wu fèi

demurrage (shipping)

讹误
é wù

error in a text

误用
wù yòng

to misuse

误诊
wù zhěn

to misdiagnose

勘误
kān wù

to correct printing errors

正误表
zhèng wù biǎo

corrigenda

误导
wù dǎo

to mislead

误读
wù dú

to misread

违误
wéi wù

to disobey and cause delays

读音错误
dú yīn cuò wù

mistake of pronunciation

误事
wù shì

to make a botch of things

误工
wù gōng

to be late for or absent from work

耽误
dān wu

to delay

逻辑错误
luó ji cuò wù

logical error

双误
shuāng wù

double fault (in tennis)

失误
shī wù

lapse

误信
wù xìn

to falsely believe

刊误
kān wù

to correct printing errors

误上贼船
wù shàng zéi chuán

lit. to mistakenly board a pirate ship

误解
wù jiě

to misunderstand

误车
wù chē

to miss (bus, train etc)

误人子弟
wù rén zǐ dì

(of a lazy or incompetent teacher) to hamper students' progress

照买不误
zhào mǎi bù wù

to keep on buying (a product) regardless (of price increases, adverse publicity etc)

误食
wù shí

to accidentally eat; to inadvertently ingest

误植
wù zhí

to write a word incorrectly

磨刀不误砍柴工
mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng

lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)

迟误
chí wù

to delay

误打误撞
wù dǎ wù zhuàng

accidentally

误置
wù zhì

to put sth in the wrong place

段错误
duàn cuò wù

segmentation fault

误作
wù zuò

to consider erroneously

勘误表
kān wù biǎo

corrigenda

误判案
wù pàn àn

miscarriage of justice

贻误
yí wù

to affect adversely

误伤
wù shāng

to injure accidentally

运行时错误
yùn xíng shí cuò wù

run-time error (in computing)

错误
cuò wù

mistaken; false; wrong

误写
wù xiě

to unwittingly write the wrong thing

误机
wù jī

to miss a plane

无误
wú wù

verified

笔误
bǐ wù

a slip of a pen

误入歧途
wù rù qí tú

to take a wrong step in life (idiom)

误判
wù pàn

to misjudge

迷误
mí wù

mistake; error

正误
zhèng wù

true or false?

拼写错误
pīn xiě cuò wù

spelling mistake

脚误
jiǎo wù

foot fault (tennis etc)

声旁错误
shēng páng cuò wù

phonological error

误杀
wù shā

to mistakenly kill

差误
chā wù

mistake

偏误
piān wù

bias (statistics)

误区
wù qū

mistaken ideas

聪明反被聪明误
cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù

a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself

延误
yán wu

to delay