误
wù HSK3

mistake

误 (誤) wù
mistake adverb
an error or mistake; to do something mistakenly

他误将橱柜里的食盐当成了白糖。

tā wù jiāng chú​guì lǐ de shí​yán dàng​chéng le bái​táng.

He mistook the salt in the cupboard for sugar.

delay verb
to delay, neglect, or miss (an appointment, deadline, or transport)

路上堵车，误了班机。

lù​shang dǔ​chē, wù le bān​jī.

There was a traffic jam on the road, and I missed my flight.

harm verb
to cause harm or injury to

这种不负责任的行为会误了你的前程。

zhè zhǒng bù fù zé​rèn de xíng​wéi huì wù le nǐ de qián​chéng.

This kind of irresponsible behavior will ruin your future.

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 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Traditional
誤
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+8BEF

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