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co3 cok3 cou3
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(jyutping) co3 (pinyin) cuo4 [1] wrong; mistaken; erroneous [2] fault; demerit; blunder [3] intricate; complex; confused [4] (used in the negative) bad; poor [5] miss out; evade; dodge [6] polish jade; inlay with gold; grindstone (jyutping) cok3 co3 (pinyin) cuo4 interlocked and jagged; strewn with/around (jyutping) cou3 (pinyin) cu4 variant of 措 For the meaning of "interlocked", Jyutping cok3 is the literary pronunciation; co3 is the colloquial.
Default PoS:  Additional PoS:   Stroke count: 16
Level: 2
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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唔錯
m4 co3 = correct; not bad 粵
做錯
zou6 co3 = to err; to make a mistake
搭錯線
daap3 co3 sin3 = get one's wires crossed
錯失
co3 sat1 = fault; mistake; to miss (a chance)
糾錯
gau2 co3 = to correct (a typo)
知錯
zi1 co3 = be aware of one's errors; acknowledge one's mistakes
搞錯
gaau2 co3 = mistaken; do sth. wrong [Var.] 攪錯
有冇搞錯
jau5 mou5 gaau2 co3 = are you kidding me? 粵
冇錯
mou5 co3 = that's correct 粵
沒錯
mut6 co3 = that's correct 國See all 72 compounds (CantoDict reports 73 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 8 examples containing 錯
一做錯少少嘢就俾佢插, 唔乞人憎就奇! 粵
He chews you out for every small mistake you make, it's no wonder he's so unpopular!
機會一錯過﹐就永遠唔會返嚟。 粵
Once an opportunity slips away, it is gone for good. [For details on '一 + V + 就' pattern, see http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,130226,130243#msg-130243]
做事出錯要改正﹐但要避免矯枉過正。
We must correct what has been done wrong, but also avoid making correction beyond what is really necessary. Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Decimal representation of this word: 錯
Unicode code for this character: U+932f (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 錯
Unicode code for this character: U+932f (off-site link)
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