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

  (Hailu, HRS): co^ˇ ngu^˖

• Southern Min

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): co³ ghou⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tshu-ngu

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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): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/ → /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ u¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co³ ng⁶
    • Yale: cho ngh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso³ ng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: co³ ng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː³³ ŋ̍²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chho-ngu
    • Hakka Romanization System: co ngu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co⁴ ngu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo⁵⁵ ŋu⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: co^ˇ ngu^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo¹¹ ŋu³³/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tshu-ngu
    • MiniDict: tshu^平 ngu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshu-ngu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰu⁵⁵ ŋu²¹/

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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• 不好
• 不是
• 不韙 / 不韪 (bùwěi) (literary)
• 偏差 (piānchā)
• 問題 / 问题 (wèntí)
• 失誤 / 失误 (shīwù)
• 差失 (chāshī)
• 差池
• 差舛 (chāchuǎn) (literary)
• 差誤 / 差误 (chāwù)
• 差謬 / 差谬 (chāmiù) (literary)
• 差錯 / 差错 (chācuò)
• 疏失 (shūshī) (careless mistake)
• 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

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。 [MSC, trad.]
   密码错误，请重试。 [MSC, simp.]

   Mìmǎ cuòwù, qǐng chóngshì. [Pinyin]

   Wrong password. Please try again.

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		過誤, 誤, 謬, 謬誤, 訛
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		錯, 不對, 錯誤
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	錯, 左
	Taiwan	錯, 不對
	Malaysia	錯, 不對
	Singapore	錯, 不對
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	錯, 差
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	錯
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	錯
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	錯, 拐
	Wuhan	錯, 左
	Guilin	錯
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	差
	Yangzhou	錯
	Hefei	錯
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, Xiangzhou)	錯
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	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
Northern Min	Jian'ou	錯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	賺
	Matsu	賺
Southern Min	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
	Leizhou	無著
	Wenchang	無著
	Haikou	錯
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無著
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	錯, 唔啱
Wu	Shanghai	錯
	Suzhou	錯
	Ningbo	錯, 賺
	Wenzhou	賺
	Jinhua	賺
Xiang	Changsha	錯, 左
	Shuangfeng	造, 錯

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

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 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

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

 錯誤 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さくご [sáꜜkùgò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ɡo̞]

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

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	錯誤し	さくごし	sakugo shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	錯誤し	さくごし	sakugo shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	錯誤する	さくごする	sakugo suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	錯誤する	さくごする	sakugo suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	錯誤すれ	さくごすれ	sakugo sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	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

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

References

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

1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
錯	誤

Noun

錯誤 • (chago) (hangeul 착오)

1. hanja form^? of 착오