错

錯

cuò

adjective HSK 1 #122

Meanings

钅(metal) + 昔 (past) — a metallic echo of the past gone wrong

Nǐ shuō cuò le.

You said it wrong.

Duìbuqǐ, wǒ cuò le.

Sorry, I was wrong.

Zhè dào tí wǒ zuò cuò le.

I got this question wrong.

usage

不错 (búcuò) literally means 'not wrong' but is commonly used to mean 'not bad; pretty good.' It's a very common way to express approval.

grammar

错 is often used as a result complement after verbs: 写错 (write wrongly), 听错 (hear wrongly), 看错 (see wrongly), 买错 (buy the wrong thing).

错 cuò