错位 meaning in English

cuòwèi

to be wrongly positioned; to be dislocated; to be misplaced; (medicine) to be in malposition

HSK 7-9Traditional 錯位20 strokes

Meaning of 错位

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

cuòwèi
  1. to be wrongly positioned; to be dislocated; to be misplaced
  2. (medicine) to be in malposition
  3. (fig.) erroneous; eccentric

Stroke order for each character

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错 cuò · mistake · 13 strokes

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位 wèi · position · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 错位.

不错bùcuòcorrect; right
座位zuòwèiseat
单位dānwèiunit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole)
各位gèwèieverybody; all (guests, colleagues etc)
错误cuòwùmistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake
没错méi cuòthat's right; sure!
位置wèizhìposition; place
地位dìwèiposition; status
位于wèiyúto be located at; to be situated at
职位zhíwèiposition; post; job
部位bùwèipart (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sle
学位xuéwèiacademic degree; place in school

Questions about 错位

What does 错位 mean?

错位 (cuòwèi) means "to be wrongly positioned; to be dislocated; to be misplaced; (medicine) to be in malposition".

How do you write 错位?

错位 is made of 2 characters: 错 (13 strokes), 位 (7 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 错位 an HSK word?

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

How is 错位 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 错位 is written 錯位.