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误

wù

HSK 4 Character Traditional 誤

What 误 means

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

Example sentences

• 错误！
  Wrong!
• 没有错误。
  There's no mistake.
• 他误导了她。
  Tā wùdǎo le tā.
  He misled her.
• 别误解我了。
  Don't get me wrong.
• 他误解了我。
  He got me wrong.
• 请改正错误。
  Please correct the errors.

Words starting with 误

• 误会wù huìto misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding
• 误解wù jiěto misunderstand; misunderstanding
• 误差wù chādifference; error; inaccuracy
• 误区wù qūmistaken ideas; misconceptions; the error of one's ways
• 误导wù dǎoto mislead; to misguide; misleading
• 误人子弟wù rén zǐ dì(of a lazy or incompetent teacher) to hamper students' progress…
• 误伤wù shāngto injure accidentally; accidental injury
• 误诊wù zhěnto misdiagnose; to be late in giving medical treatment
• 误点wù diǎnnot on time; late (public transport, airlines); overdue
• 误入歧途wù rù qí túto take a wrong step in life (idiom); to go astray
• 误事wù shìto hold things up; to make a botch of things
• 误作wù zuòto consider erroneously; incorrectly attributed to sb
• 误信wù xìnto falsely believe; to be mislead; to fall for (a trick etc)
• 误判wù pànto misjudge; error of judgment; incorrect ruling
• 误写wù xiěto unwittingly write the wrong thing
• 误工wù gōngto be late for or absent from work; to disrupt one's work; to cause a holdup in the work…
• 误机wù jīto miss a plane
• 误杀wù shāto mistakenly kill; manslaughter
• 误用wù yòngto misuse
• 误置wù zhìto put sth in the wrong place
• 误读wù dúto misread; (fig.) to misunderstand; to misinterpret
• 误车wù chēto miss (bus, train etc)
• 误食wù shíto accidentally eat; to inadvertently ingest
• 误判案wù pàn ànmiscarriage of justice

Words containing 误

• 错误cuò wùmistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake
• 耽误dān wuto delay; to hold up; to waste time
• 失误shī wùlapse; mistake; to make a mistake
• 延误yán wùto postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long (to do sth)…
• 无误wú wùverified; unmistaken
• 谬误miù wùerror; mistaken idea; falsehood
• 不误bù wùused in expressions of the form 照
• 口误kǒu wùto misspeak; to get one's words mixed up; a slip of the tongue
• 差误chā wùmistake
• 正误zhèng wùtrue or false?; correct or incorrect; to correct errors (in a document)
• 违误wéi wùto disobey and cause delays; to obstruct and procrastinate
• 双误shuāng wùdouble fault (in tennis)
• 两不误liǎng bù wùto neglect neither one
• 延误费yán wu fèidemurrage (shipping)
• 正误表zhèng wù biǎocorrigenda
• 段错误duàn cuò wùsegmentation fault
• 照买不误zhào mǎi bù wùto keep on buying (a product) regardless (of price increases, adverse publicity etc)
• 运行时错误yùn xíng shí cuò wùrun-time error (in computing)
• 脱误tuō wùomission; missing word
• 迷误mí wùmistake; error; to mislead; to lead astray
• 脚误jiǎo wùfoot fault (tennis etc)
• 迟误chí wùto delay; to procrastinate
• 笔误bǐ wùa slip of a pen
• 偏误piān wùbias (statistics)

Characters built on 吴

These share the phonetic component 吴 (Wú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 娱yúto amuse
• 虞yú(literary) to expect; to anticipate; (literary) to be concerned about…
• 蜈wúused in 蜈蚣
• 俣yǔbig

Characters that look like 误

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 说shuōto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off
• 语yǔdialect; language; speech
• 课kèsubject; course; class
• 诶xīsigh (to express regret)
• 俟qíused in 万俟
• 诙huīwhimsical; humorous

Sounds the same

Read wù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 务affair; business; matter
• 物(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…
• 雾fog; mist
• 晤to meet (socially)
• 悟to comprehend; to apprehend; to become aware
• 勿do not
• 戊fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; fifth in order…
• 坞(bound form) low area within a surrounding barrier; (literary) small castle; fort
• 兀(literary) rising to a height; towering; (literary) bald; bare; (literary) still; yet
• 恶to hate; to loathe; ashamed
• 乌used in 乌拉; used in 乌拉草
• 骛(bound form) to rush about; to strive for