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mistake

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mistake nounaffix
(bound form) an error; a mistake

你的文章写得很好，只是有几处拼写错误。

nǐ de wén​zhāng xiě de hěn hǎo, zhǐ​shì yǒu jǐ chù pīn xiě cuò wù.

Your article is well written except for a few spelling mistakes.

mistakenly adverb
to do something by accident or by mistake, usually resulting in a negative outcome

别误把巧合当命运。

bié wù bǎ qiǎo​hé dàng mìng​yùn.

Don't mistake coincidence for fate.

他常常被误认为是个学生。

tā cháng​cháng bèi wù rèn​wéi shì ge xué​sheng.

He's often mistaken for a student.

erroneous adjective
(bound form) incorrect; wrong
to miss verb
to miss a deadline or opportunity; to delay or be late for an appointment

我误了截稿日。

wǒ wù le jié gǎo rì.

I missed the deadline.

to mislead verb
(literary) to mislead; to confuse; to delude
to harm
to harm or cause injury to; to hinder or neglect one's duties

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
854th most common 207.7 per million
Movie subtitles
819th most common 151.5 per million appears in 56% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
11.0 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
23.9 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Simplified
误
Strokes
14
Unicode
U+8AA4

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)