Usage note
错误表示不对的地方。
cuò wù biǎo shì bú duì de dì fāng。
Error means a wrong point.
Context note
错误常出现在学习、考试和纠正里。
cuò wù cháng chū xiàn zài xué xí 、 kǎo shì hé jiū zhèng lǐ。
Errors often appear in learning, exams, and corrections.
5 examples
这个答案有错误。
zhè ge dá àn yǒu cuò wù。
This answer has an error.
请检查错误。
qǐng jiǎn chá cuò wù。
Please check the mistakes.
我改正了错误。
wǒ gǎi zhèng le cuò wù。
I corrected the mistake.
没有错误。
méi yǒu cuò wù。
There are no mistakes.
这个字写错了。
zhè ge zì xiě cuò le。
This character was written incorrectly.
5 mini stories
我在作业里找到了一个错误。
wǒ zài zuò yè lǐ zhǎo dào le yí gè cuò wù。
I found an error in my homework.
老师帮我改正了错误。
lǎo shī bāng wǒ gǎi zhèng le cuò wù。
The teacher helped me correct the mistake.
错误并不可怕，重要的是学会改正。
cuò wù bìng bù kě pà， zhòng yào de shì xué huì gǎi zhèng。
Mistakes are not scary; what matters is learning to correct them.
我认真检查以后，错误少了很多。
wǒ rèn zhēn jiǎn chá yǐ hòu， cuò wù shǎo le hěn duō。
After checking carefully, there were many fewer mistakes.
每次发现错误，我都会记下来。
měi cì fā xiàn cuò wù， wǒ dōu huì jì xià lái。
Every time I find a mistake, I write it down.
Mini dialogue
改正错误
A
老师说我作业里有一个错误。
Lǎoshī shuō wǒ zuòyè lǐ yǒu yī gè cuòwù.
The teacher said there is an error in my homework.
B
没关系，找到错误改正就好。
Méiguānxi, zhǎodào cuòwù gǎizhèng jiù hǎo.
It's okay, just find the error and correct it.
一个误会
A
对不起，这是我的错误，我拿错了你的书。
Duìbuqǐ, zhè shì wǒ de cuòwù, wǒ ná cuò le nǐ de shū.
Sorry, this is my error; I took your book by mistake.
B
没关系，下次注意就行。
Méiguānxi, xià cì zhùyì jiù xíng.
No problem, just be careful next time.
Related words and contrasts
opposite
正确
zhèng què
correct
错误 means wrong, 正确 means right.
similar
失误
shī wù
mistake
失误 is a slip or minor mistake, often not on purpose.