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错别字

cuò bié zì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word Traditional 錯別字

错别字 (cuò bié zì) means "incorrectly written or mispronounced characters". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 错别字 means

1. Chinese character error (collective term for {错字|cuò zì} and {别字|bié zì})

The characters in 错别字

• 错cuòmistake; wrong; bad
• 别biéto leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish…
• 字zìletter; symbol; character

Example sentences

• 我总是写错别字。
  I always make typos.

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