看错 meaning in English

kàncuò

to misinterpret what one sees or reads; to misjudge (sb)

Traditional 看錯22 strokes

Meaning of 看错

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kàncuò
  1. to misinterpret what one sees or reads
  2. to misjudge (sb)
  3. to mistake (sb for sb else)
  4. to misread (a document)

看错 in example sentences

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

我wǒ看kàn错cuò了le。
I misread.

Stroke order for each character

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看 kàn · to see · 9 strokes

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错 cuò · mistake · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 看错.

看到kàndàoto see
看见kànjiànto see; to catch sight of
好看hǎokàngood-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good
看病kànbìngto visit a doctor; to see a patient
不错bùcuòcorrect; right
看法kànfǎway of looking at a thing; view
难看nánkànugly; unsightly
看起来kàn qǐláiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the
错误cuòwùmistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake
看上去kàn shàngqùit would appear; it seems (that)
观看guānkànto watch; to view
收看shōukànto watch (a TV program)

Questions about 看错

What does 看错 mean?

看错 (kàncuò) means "to misinterpret what one sees or reads; to misjudge (sb)".

How do you write 看错?

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

How is 看错 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 看错 is written 看錯.