錯字 [错－]

Jyutping co3 zi6
Pinyin cuò zì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. incorrect character
  2. typo (in Chinese text)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    同規​範​嘅​形​狀​有​別​嘅​字​，​例如​裝字​、​筆劃​有誤
    a wrongly written character; a character that differs in one way or another from the standard form
    • 呢篇作文八成都係錯字。
      呢篇作文八成都系错字。
      ni1 pin1 zok3 man2 baat3 sing4 dou1 hai6 co3 zi6.
      80 percent of words in this composition are wrongly written.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    incorrect character; typo (in a Chinese text); misprint
    (syn.) 白字, 错别字, 别字, 錯別字, 別字
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    语言主要是用来沟通，如果可以表词达意，书写没有错字，语意通顺，我认为就是正确的句子了。
    語言主要是用來溝通，如果可以表詞達意，書寫沒有錯字，語意通順，我認為就是正確的句子了。
    yǔ yán zhǔ yào shì yòng lái gōu tōng ， rú guǒ kě yǐ biǎo cí dá yì ， shū xiě méi yǒu cuò zì ， yǔ yì tōng shùn ， wǒ rèn wéi jiù shì zhèng què de jù zi le 。
    • A language is used to communicate, if the words are used correctly, didn't write any incorrect words, and the sentence has no grammar mistakes, in my opinion, this is a correct sentence.
  2. Mandarin
    我打错字了。
    我打錯字了。
    wǒ dǎ cuò zì le 。
    • I made a typing error.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    有个学生捉到老师写错字，一脸鄙夷。
    有個學生捉到老師寫錯字，一臉鄙夷。
    jau5 go3 hok6 saang1 zuk1 dou2 lou5 si1 se2 co3 zi6, jat1 lim5 pei2 ji4
    • A student caught a mistake of the teacher and had a contemptuous look on their face.
  2. Cantonese
    做完功课之后要检查下有冇写错字。
    做完功課之後要檢查下有冇寫錯字。
    zou6 jyun4 gung1 fo3 zi1 hau6 jiu3 gin2 caa4 haa3 jau5 mou5 se2 co3 zi6.
    • Check the words after you've done the homework.
  3. Cantonese
    呢篇作文八成都系错字。
    呢篇作文八成都係錯字。
    ni1 pin1 zok3 man2 baat3 sing4 dou1 hai6 co3 zi6.
    • 80 percent of words in this composition are wrongly written.
  4. Cantonese
    我觉得懒系嘢捉人错字好烦啰。
    我覺得懶係嘢捉人錯字好煩囉。
    • X
  5. Cantonese
    佢篇文啲错字多到数之不尽。
    佢篇文啲錯字多到數之不盡。
    keoi5 pin1 man2 di1 co3 zi6 do1 dou3 sou2 zi1 bat1 zeon6.
    • The misprint in his article is countless.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    擦嗮啲错字
    擦嗮啲錯字
    caat3 saai3 di1 co3 zi6
    • to erase all the incorrect characters
  2. Mandarin
    错字
    錯字
    cuò zì
    • wrong Chinese character
  3. Mandarin
    网友们对照这个包含众多易读错字的表格自测后，纷纷感叹自己“说都不会话了”。
    網友們對照這個包含眾多易讀錯字的表格自測後，紛紛感嘆自己“説都不會話了”。
    wǎng yǒu men duì zhào zhè ge bāo hán zhòng duō yì dú cuò zì de biǎo gé zì cè hòu ， fēn fēn gǎn tàn zì jǐ “ shuō dōu bù huì huà le ” ．
    • After testing themselves against this table of correct pronunciations of easily-mispronounced characters, netizens sigh with sadness that they can hardly speak properly now.