Chinese word dictionary

弄错

nòng cuò · to err; to get sth wrong; to miscalculate

Practice word

Word information

Simplified弄错

Traditional弄錯

Pinyinnòng cuò

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

弄nòng

to do; to mock, to tease; to play with

错cuò

error, mistake; incorrect, wrong

How to learn 弄错

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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不错búcuò

correct; right; not bad; pretty good

错cuò

mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver; surname Cuo

错过cuòguò

to miss (train, opportunity etc)

错误cuòwù

mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake; CL:個|个[ge4]

弄nòng

old variant of 弄[nong4]; to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with

认错rèncuò

to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake