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Cuò

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Cuò Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Cuò | Cuo4
English translation
surname Cuo
mistake
wrong
bad
interlocking
complex
to grind
to polish
to alternate
to stagger
to miss
to let slip
to evade
to inlay with gold or silver
error, mistake; incorrect, wrong

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About Cuò

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

cuò

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

Gold  jīn that once was  but is lost

Etymology of Cuò

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

钅昔

Explanation

Simplified form of cuò . Phonosemantic compound. Jīn represents the meaning and represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "grind stone", which later shifted to "mix", "be in disorder", and "wrong".

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Example sentences using Cuò

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de 文章 wénzhāng Zhōng 错误百 chū .

There is a large crop of mistakes in your essay.

ēn , cháng 起来 qǐlai 不错 bù cuò , 只是 zhǐ shì shāo le 一点 yī diǎn .

Well, it tastes good, but it's a bit hot.

这道虽然 suīrán 错综复杂 cuò zōng fù zá , dàn yòng 电子计算机 diàn zǐ jì suàn jī 很快 jiù Néng Xiè chū .

Although the problem is intricate and complex, it can be solved very quickly with an electronic computer.

抓住 zhuā zhù le de 错误 cuòwù jiù yìng shuì dǒng .

He seized on my mistake and said I didn't understand.

爸爸 bàba , chā 一句 yī jù . 怎么 zěnme huì gǎo Cuò Ān Dōng 索非亚 Suǒ fēi yà ?

Lorelai: " I'm sorry . Dad, how do you mix up Anton and Sophia ? "

Words with Cuò

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Cuò mistake cuò
不错 bù cuò correct不錯
错误 cuòwù error錯誤
错过 cuò guò to miss (train, opportunity etc)錯過
过错 guò cuò mistake過錯
差错 chā cuò mistake差錯
出错 chū cuò error出錯
认错 rèn cuò to admit an error認錯
错觉 cuò jué illusion錯覺
错失 cuò shī fault錯失
交错 jiāo cuò to crisscross交錯
错位 cuò wèi to misplace錯位
犯错 fàn cuò to err犯錯
错乱 cuò luàn in disorder錯亂
没错 méi cuò sure!沒錯
错综复杂 cuò zōng fù zá tangled and complicated (idiom)錯綜複雜
错别字 cuò bié zì incorrectly written or mispronounced characters錯別字
弄错 nòng cuò to err弄錯
错开 cuò kāi to stagger (times)錯開
纠错 jiū cuò to correct an error糾錯
错怪 cuò guài to blame sb wrongly錯怪
大错 dà cuò blunder大錯
错案 cuò àn a misjudged legal case錯案
错落有致 cuò luò yǒu zhì in picturesque disorder (idiom); irregular arrangement with charming effect錯落有致

Cuò Decomposition & Compounds

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Cuò Decomposition

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