錯誤

錯誤

See also: 错误

Chinese

		mistake; error; blunder mistake; error; blunder; fault; cross; uneven; wrong	mistake; error; to miss mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect
trad. (錯誤)		錯	誤
simp. (错误)		错	误

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuòwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co³ ng⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chho-ngu
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhò-gō͘ / chhò-ngō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): co³ ghou⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuòwù → cuòwu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄨˋ → ㄘㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuòwů
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻo⁴-wu⁵
    • Yale: tswò-wu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuoh.wuh
    • Palladius: цо'у (co'u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰwɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/ → /t͡sʰwɔ⁵¹ u¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: co³ ng⁶
    • Yale: cho ngh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso³ ng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: co³ ng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː³³ ŋ̍²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chho-ngu
    • Hakka Romanization System: co ngu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co⁴ ngu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo⁵⁵ ŋu⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhò-gō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshò-gōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoirgo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo²¹⁻⁵³ ɡɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhò-ngō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshò-ngōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoirngo
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ ŋɔ̃³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ ŋɔ̃³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ŋɔ̃⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰo²¹⁻⁵³ ŋɔ̃²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: co³ ghou⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshò gōu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰo²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ɡou¹¹/

Noun

錯誤

1. mistake; error

   低級錯誤／低级错误  ―  dījí cuòwù  ―  rookie mistake

   改正錯誤／改正错误  ―  gǎizhèng cuòwù  ―  to correct a mistake

   為自己的錯誤辯解 [MSC, trad.]
   为自己的错误辩解 [MSC, simp.]

   wèi zìjǐ de cuòwù biànjiě [Pinyin]

   to be on the defensive about one’s mistakes

   網絡錯誤，請稍後重試。 [MSC, trad.]
   网络错误，请稍后重试。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǎngluò cuòwù, qǐng shāohòu chóngshì. [Pinyin]

   Network error. Please try again later.

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 錯誤

不好 (bùhǎo) 不是 (bùshì) 偏差 (piānchā) 差失 (chāshī) 差池 (chāchí) (literary) 差舛 (chāchuǎn) (literary) 疏失 (shūshī) (careless mistake) 不韙／不韪 (bùwěi) (literary) 問題／问题 (wèntí) 失誤／失误 (shīwù) 差誤／差误 (chāwù)

差謬／差谬 (chāmiù) (literary) 差錯／差错 (chācuò) 紕繆／纰缪 (pīmiù) (literary) 訛／讹 (é) (literary, or in compounds) 誤差／误差 (wùchā) (especially in data) 誤謬／误谬 (wùmiù) (fallacy) 謬誤／谬误 (miùwù) (fallacy) 責任／责任 (zérèn) 過失／过失 (guòshī) 過錯／过错 (guòcuò) 錯／错 (cuò)

Related terms

• 錯漏／错漏 (cuòlòu)
• 疏漏 (shūlòu)

Adjective

錯誤

1. erroneous; problematic; false; wrong

   錯誤信息／错误信息  ―  cuòwù xìnxī  ―  false information

   密碼錯誤，請重試。／密码错误，请重试。  ―  Mìmǎ cuòwù, qǐng chóngshì.  ―  Wrong password. Please try again.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 錯 (“wrong”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		過誤, 誤, 謬, 謬誤, 訛
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		錯, 不對, 錯誤
Mandarin	Beijing	錯, 左
	Taiwan	錯, 不對
	Jinan	錯, 差
	Xi'an	錯
	Ürümqi	錯
	Wuhan	錯, 左
	Chengdu	錯, 拐
	Guilin	錯
	Yangzhou	錯
	Nanjing	差
	Hefei	錯
	Malaysia	錯, 不對
	Singapore	錯, 不對
Cantonese	Guangzhou	錯, 唔啱
	Hong Kong	錯, 唔啱
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	錯
	Macau	錯
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	錯
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	唔啱
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	錯
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	錯
	Foshan	錯
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	錯
	Foshan (Shunde)	錯
	Foshan (Sanshui)	錯, 唔啱
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	錯
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	錯
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	錯
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	錯
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	錯
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	錯
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	錯
	Taishan	錯
	Kaiping (Chikan)	錯
	Enping (Niujiang)	錯
	Heshan (Yayao)	錯
	Dongguan	錯
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	錯
	Yangjiang	錯
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	唔啱, 錯
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔啱, 錯
Gan	Nanchang	錯
	Lichuan	錯
Hakka	Meixian	差, 唔啱
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	錯
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	錯
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	錯
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	錯
	Conghua (Lütian)	錯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	唔著
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	唔著
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	唔著
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	唔著
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	唔著
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	唔著
Jin	Taiyuan	錯, 不對, 差
Min Bei	Jian'ou	錯
Min Dong	Fuzhou	賺
	Matsu	賺
Min Nan	Xiamen	賺, 毋著
	Quanzhou	賺, 毋著
	Shishi	賺
	Zhangzhou	賺, 毋著
	Zhao'an	毋著
	Taipei	毋著
	Kaohsiung	毋著
	Penang (Hokkien)	salah, 毋著, 賺
	Singapore (Hokkien)	salah, 毋著
	Manila (Hokkien)	毋著, 賺
	Chaozhou	賺
	Shantou	賺, 唔對, 唔著
	Jieyang	賺
	Singapore (Teochew)	salah, 唔著, 賺
	Wenchang	無著
	Haikou	錯
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無著
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	錯
Wu	Shanghai	錯
	Suzhou	錯
	Danyang	賺
	Ningbo	錯, 賺
	Wenzhou	賺
Xiang	Changsha	錯, 左
	Shuangfeng	造, 錯

Antonyms

• 準確／准确 (zhǔnquè)

Derived terms

合理錯誤／合理错误 (hélǐ cuòwù) 嘗試錯誤／尝试错误 (chángshì cuòwù)

犯錯誤／犯错误 (fàn cuòwù) 錯誤逮捕／错误逮捕 (cuòwù dàibǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (錯誤):

• → Japanese: 錯(さく)誤(ご) (sakugo)
• → Korean: 착오(錯誤) (chago)

Further reading

• “Entry #12054”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
錯	誤
さく Grade: S	ご Grade: 6
on’yomi	kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さ​くご [sáꜜkùgò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ᵝɡo̞]

Noun

錯(さく)誤(ご) • (sakugo) ^{←さくご (sakugo)?}

1. an error, a mistake
2. the misunderstood

Derived terms

• 試(し)行(こう)錯(さく)誤(ご) (shikō sakugo): trial and error, mistake-learning
• 時(じ)代(だい)錯(さく)誤(ご) (jidai sakugo): anachronism

Verb

錯(さく)誤(ご)する • (sakugo suru) ^{←さくご (sakugo)?} transitive suru (stem 錯(さく)誤(ご)し (sakugo shi), past 錯(さく)誤(ご)した (sakugo shita))

1. to misunderstand
2. to make a mistake, to make an error

Conjugation

Conjugation of "錯誤する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	錯誤し	さくごし	sakugo shi
Continuative (連用形)	錯誤し	さくごし	sakugo shi
Terminal (終止形)	錯誤する	さくごする	sakugo suru
Attributive (連体形)	錯誤する	さくごする	sakugo suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	錯誤すれ	さくごすれ	sakugo sure
Imperative (命令形)	錯誤せよ¹ 錯誤しろ²	さくごせよ¹ さくごしろ²	sakugo seyo¹ sakugo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	錯誤される	さくごされる	sakugo sareru
Causative	錯誤させる 錯誤さす	さくごさせる さくごさす	sakugo saseru sakugo sasu
Potential	錯誤できる	さくごできる	sakugo dekiru
Volitional	錯誤しよう	さくごしよう	sakugo shiyō
Negative	錯誤しない	さくごしない	sakugo shinai
Negative continuative	錯誤せず	さくごせず	sakugo sezu
Formal	錯誤します	さくごします	sakugo shimasu
Perfective	錯誤した	さくごした	sakugo shita
Conjunctive	錯誤して	さくごして	sakugo shite
Hypothetical conditional	錯誤すれば	さくごすれば	sakugo sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

1. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
錯	誤

Noun

錯誤 • (chago) (hangeul 착오)

1. Hanja form^? of 착오.