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誤: mistake; err

By April 10, 2017April 25th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

誤 [误] wù

adjective | adverb
: mistake; error
: to miss
: to harm
: to delay
: to neglect
: mistakenly

Kun Reading

誤り | あやまり ayamari

noun
: error; mistake; slip; bug

誤る | あやまる ayamaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to make a mistake; to err
: to mislead; to misguide

誤ち | あやまち ayamachi

noun
: fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

誤つ | あやまつ ayamatsu

godan verb with tu ending | intransitive verb
: to err

On Reading

ゴ go

 Usage:

誤會 [误会] wu4hui4: to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding
誤[误]解 wu4jie3: to misunderstand; to misread; misunderstanding
[誤解 | ごかい gokai: misunderstanding]
誤[误]差 wu4cha1: difference; error; inaccuracy
[誤差 | ごさ gosa: measurement error; calculation error]
誤點 [误点] wu4dian3: not on time; late (public transport, airlines); overdue; behind schedule; delayed
誤導 [误导] wu4dao3: to mislead; to misguide; misleading
錯誤 [错误] cuo4wu4: error; mistake; mistaken; false; wrong
[錯誤 | さくご sakugo: mistake]
失誤[误] shi1wu4; lapse; mistake; to make a mistake; fault; service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)
偏誤[误] pian1wu4: bias (statistics)
刊誤[误] OR 勘誤[误] kan1wu4: to correct printing errors



Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
誤って | あやまって ayamatte
: in error; by mistake; by accident

誤摩化す | ごまかす gomakasu
: (Usually kana only) to deceive; to falsify; to misrepresent; to cheat; to swindle; to tamper; to juggle; to manipulate;
: (Usually kana only) to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties)
: (Usually kana only) to varnish over; to gloss over

試行錯誤 | しこうさくご shikou sakugo
: (yoji) trial and error

誤りを直す | あやまりをなおす ayamari o naosu
: to correct an error

弘法にも筆の誤り | こうぼうにもふでのあやまり koubou ni mo fude n oayamari
: anyone can make a mistake



Chinese common word | chengyu 成語 | expression | idiom
誤上賊船 [误上贼船] wu4 shang4 zei2 chuan2
: lit. to mistakenly board a pirate ship; to embark on a hopeless adventure

誤打誤撞 [误打误撞] wu4 da3 wu4 zhuang4
: accidentally; to act before thinking

誘導誤導 [诱导误导] you4 dao3 wu4 dao3
: to mislead

聰明反被聰明誤 [聪明反被聪明误] cong1 ming2 fan3 bei4 cong1 ming2 wu4
: a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity; cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one’s own good

 Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic.
言 (yan2: speech radical 149) suggests the meaning while
(wu2: name of warring state) provides the sound.



Semantic:
悞 [悮] wu4: to impede; to delay

簡體 Simplified.
误. Derived from generic radical simplification #1 (訁言 » 讠).



 Look-alike:

bao3: to protect; guarantee, surety
[kun: たもつ tamotsu. on: ホ ho、ホウ hou]



 Examples:
しつれいだが、じょうきのきじにあるみっつのあやまりをしてきしておきたい. shitsurei daka, jouki no kiji ni aru mittsu no ayamari o shitekishite o okitai
失礼だが、上記の記事にある3つの誤りを指摘しておきたい。
Excuse me; allow me to point out three errors in the above article.

 
她把我哥哥誤認為我。
ta1 ba3 wo3 ge1ge wu4 ren4wei2 wo3
She mistook me for my brother.

 Music:

誤會 – Fahrenheit 飛輪海

作詞:藍小邪
作曲:JerryC、楊子樸

眼睛明明想給微笑
一眨眼卻擠出了汗
這一雙手 明明握住了什麼
一握緊卻煙消雲散

如果耳朵聽過答案
為何嘴巴說不出來
如果天空 真的想分享蔚藍
為何我在看卻像與我無關

像一顆星 以為戰勝黑暗
像一陣風 以為站在雲端
就像你我之間那些深的淺的期待
也許 全都是誤會

如果胸口有過溫暖
為何心事從沒燦爛
如果大海 真的有那麼勇敢
為何海浪卻遲遲靠不了岸

像一顆星 以為戰勝黑暗
像一陣風 以為站在雲端
就像你我之間那些深的淺的期待
也許 全都是誤會

像一顆星 以為戰勝黑暗
像一陣風 以為站在雲端
像支許過願望後忘了吹熄的蠟燭
以為 夢還沒做完

也許陽光 沒想過要慷慨
也許雨水 只為自己灌溉
就像你我之間那麼精彩的遺憾
也許 全都是誤會

credit: Fahrenheit 飛輪海

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary