差错 meaning in English

chācuò

mistake; slip-up; fault; error; accident; mishap

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 差錯22 strokes

Meaning of 差错

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chācuò
  1. mistake; slip-up; fault; error
  2. accident; mishap

差错 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

据jù我wǒ所suǒ知zhī,他tā的de计jì划huà没méi有yǒu出chū差chā错cuò。
As far as I know, there is nothing wrong with his plan.
毕bì竟jìng,即jí使shǐ是shì神shén也yě会huì偶ǒu尔ěr出chū差chā错cuò。
After all, even the gods may err at times.
我wǒ以yǐ一yī分fēn之zhī差chā错cuò过guò了le那nà趟tàng火huǒ车chē。
I missed the train by a hair's breadth.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

差 chà · different · 9 strokes

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错 cuò · mistake · 13 strokes

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  13. 13

Related words

Words that share a character with 差错.

不错bùcuòcorrect; right
差不多chàbuduōalmost; nearly
错误cuòwùmistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake
没错méi cuòthat's right; sure!
出差chūchāito go on an official or business trip
差别chābiédifference; distinction; disparity
差距chājùdisparity; gap
差点儿chàdiǎnrerhua variant of 差點|差点[cha4 dian3]
差一点儿chàyīdiǎnrerhua variant of 差一點|差一点[cha4 yi1 dian3]
错过cuòguòto miss (train, opportunity etc)
差异chāyìdifference; discrepancy
过错guòcuòmistake; fault

Questions about 差错

What does 差错 mean?

差错 (chācuò) means "mistake; slip-up; fault; error; accident; mishap" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 差错?

差错 is made of 2 characters: 差 (9 strokes), 错 (13 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.

Is 差错 an HSK word?

Yes. 差错 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 差错 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 差错 is written 差錯.