Chinese word dictionary

错过

cuòguò · to miss (train, opportunity etc)

Practice word

Word information

Simplified错过

Traditional錯過

Pinyincuòguò

Part of speech动

HSK 3.04

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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

错cuò

error, mistake; incorrect, wrong

过guò

pass; to go across, to pass through

How to learn 错过

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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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

过guò

to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-

过来guòlái

to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of

过年guònián

to celebrate the Chinese New Year

过去guòqù

(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by