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读音错误 讀音錯誤 dú yīn cuò wù mistake of pronunciation
Chinese Pinyin Translation
语音 語音 yǔ yīn speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message syn
读音 讀音 dú yīn pronunciation / literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
正音 zhèng yīn standard pronunciation / to correct sb's pronunciation syn
音读 音讀 yīn dú reading or phonetic value of a character / (Japanese linguistics) on-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from its pronunciation in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: An on-reading of a character is distinguished from its kun-reading(s) 訓讀|训读[xun4 du2]. For example, 山 has an on-reading "san" and a kun-reading "yama".)
训读 訓讀 xùn dú a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子[tou2 zi5] may be pronounced as its synonym 色子[shai3 zi5], and in Wu dialects, 二 is pronounced as its synonym 兩|两 "liahn") / to pronounce a word using such a reading / (Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀|音读[yin1 du2]. For example, 山 has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".)
失误 失誤 shī wù lapse / mistake / to make a mistake / fault / service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc) syn
搞错 搞錯 gǎo cuò mistake / to make a mistake / to blunder / mistaken
犯 fàn to violate / to offend / to assault / criminal / crime / to make a mistake / recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) syn
失错 失錯 shī cuò to make a careless mistake / mistake / slip-up
好心倒做了驴肝肺 好心倒做了驢肝肺 hǎo xīn dào zuò le lǘ gān fēi lit. to mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs (idiom) / fig. to mistake good intentions for ill intent
发音 發音 fā yīn to pronounce / pronunciation / to emit sound syn
注音 zhù yīn to indicate the pronunciation of Chinese characters using Pinyin or Bopomofo etc / phonetic notation / (specifically) Bopomofo (abbr. for 注音符號|注音符号[zhu4 yin1 fu2 hao4])
读法 讀法 dú fǎ pronunciation / reading (of a Chinese character)
听 聽 tìng (literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule / to sentence / to allow syn
白读 白讀 bái dú colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character
俊 zùn (dialectal pronunciation of 俊[jun4]) / cool / neat syn
富国强兵 富國強兵 fù guó qiáng bīng lit. rich country, strong army (idiom) / slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times / Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei) syn
鼻韵母 鼻韻母 bí yùn mǔ (of Chinese pronunciation) a vowel followed by a nasal consonant
今音 jīn yīn modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character
一致字 yī zhì zì (orthography) consistent words (e.g. "dean", "bean", and "lean", where "-ean" is pronounced the same in each case) / consistent characters (e.g. 搖|摇[yao2], 遙|遥[yao2] and 謠|谣[yao2], which share a phonetic component that reliably indicates that the pronunciation of the character is yáo)
不标准 不標準 bù biāo zhǔn nonstandard / incorrect / (of one's speech) poor / woeful (not in keeping with correct pronunciation or usage)
北京音 běi jīng yīn Beijing pronunciation
国音 國音 guó yīn official state pronunciation syn
标准音 標準音 biāo zhǔn yīn standard pronunciation / standard tone (e.g. A = 440 Hz) syn
异读 異讀 yì dú variant pronunciation (when the same character has more than one reading)
破读 破讀 pò dú pronunciation of a character other than the standard / lit. broken reading
读破 讀破 dú pò to read extensively and thoroughly / nonstandard pronunciation of a Chinese character, e.g. the reading [hao4] in 愛好|爱好[ai4 hao4] rather than the usual [hao3]
释名 釋名 shì míng "Shiming", late Han dictionary, containing 1502 entries, using puns on the pronunciation of headwords to explain their meaning
古音 gǔ yīn ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character / classical speech sounds
文读 文讀 wén dú literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
统读 統讀 tǒng dú standard (unified) pronunciation of a character with multiple readings, as stipulated by the PRC Ministry of Education in 1985
形译 形譯 xíng yì derivation of a Chinese loanword from Japanese by using the same characters (or variants) but applying Chinese pronunciation (e.g. 場合|场合[chang3 he2], derived from Japanese 場合, pronounced "ba'ai")
捉急 zhuō jí humorous pronunciation of 著急|着急[zhao2 ji2]
妈卖批 媽賣批 mā mài pī (vulgar) your mom's a prostitute (from Sichuan pronunciation of 媽賣屄|妈卖屄[ma1 mai4 bi1])
口糊 kǒu hú indistinct in one's speech / defective in one's pronunciation
雨女无瓜 雨女無瓜 yǔ nǚ wú guā (neologism) (slang) it's none of your business (imitation of an accented pronunciation of 與你無關|与你无关[yu3 ni3 wu2 guan1])
闹太套 鬧太套 nào tài tào (Internet slang) transcription of "not at all" – English words in a song promoting the 2008 Beijing Olympics sung by Huang Xiaoming 黃曉明|黄晓明[Huang2 Xiao3 ming2], who became a laughing stock in China because his pronunciation was perceived as embarrassingly bad / to be a laughing stock / to make a fool of oneself (i.e. equivalent to 鬧笑話|闹笑话[nao4 xiao4 hua5])
懒音 懶音 lǎn yīn (linguistics) phonological reduction / lazy pronunciation / allegro speech
雨女无瓜 雨女無瓜 yǔ nǚ - wú guā (neologism) (slang) it's none of your business (imitation of an accented pronunciation of 與你無關|与你无关[yu3 ni3 wu2guan1])
错误 錯誤 cuò wù mistaken / false / wrong / error / mistake / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
误会 誤會 wù huì to misunderstand / to mistake / misunderstanding / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
出错 出錯 chū cuò to make a mistake / error syn
过错 過錯 guò cuò mistake / fault / responsibility (for a fault) syn
认错 認錯 rèn cuò to admit an error / to acknowledge one's mistake syn
差错 差錯 chā cuò mistake / slip-up / fault / error / accident / mishap syn
看错 看錯 kàn cuò to misinterpret what one sees or reads / to misjudge (sb) / to mistake (sb for sb else) / to misread (a document)
失手 shī shǒu a slip / miscalculation / unwise move / accidentally / by mistake / to lose control / to be defeated syn
错失 錯失 cuò shī fault / mistake / to miss (a chance) syn
犯错 犯錯 fàn cuò to err / to make a mistake / to do the wrong thing
辫子 辮子 biàn zi plait / braid / pigtail / a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent / handle / CL:根[gen1],條|条[tiao2] syn
乌龙 烏龍 wū lóng black dragon / unexpected mistake or mishap / own goal (soccer) / oolong (tea) / (Tw) (loanword from Japanese) udon
大过 大過 dà guò serious mistake / major demerit syn
嘴硬 zuǐ yìng reluctant to admit a mistake
纰漏 紕漏 pī lòu careless mistake / slip-up syn
引咎 yǐn jiù to take the blame / to accept responsibility (for a mistake) syn
重蹈覆辙 重蹈覆轍 chóng dǎo fù zhé lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom) / fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past / to repeat a disastrous mistake syn
走眼 zǒu yǎn a mistake / an oversight / an error of judgment
疏失 shū shī to make a (careless) mistake / oversight syn
差池 chā chí mistake / error / mishap
将错就错 將錯就錯 jiāng cuò jiù cuò lit. if it's wrong, it's wrong (idiom) / to make the best after a mistake / to accept an error and adapt to it / to muddle through
补过 補過 bǔ guò to make up for an earlier mistake / to make amends
小过 小過 xiǎo guò little mistake / minor offense / slightly too much
盲人摸象 máng rén mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees syn
错 錯 cuò mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver syn
误 誤 wù mistake / error / to miss / to harm / to delay / to neglect / mistakenly syn
漏 lòu to leak / to divulge / to leave out by mistake / waterclock or hourglass (old) syn
拧 擰 nǐng mistake / to twist syn
阙 闕 quē used in place of 缺 (old) / mistake syn
千虑一失 千慮一失 qiān lǜ yī shī reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom) / to err is human syn
众盲摸象 眾盲摸象 zhòng máng mō xiàng multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
铸成大错 鑄成大錯 zhù chéng dà cuò to make a serious mistake (idiom) syn
傎 diān inversion / mistake
訧 yóu fault / mistake
倒彩 dào cǎi adverse audience reaction: boos and jeers, hissing, catcalls or deliberate applause after a mistake syn
前车之覆，后车之鉴 前車之覆，後車之鑒 qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiàn lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom) / fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy
失之毫厘，谬以千里 失之毫厘，謬以千里 shī zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
失之毫厘，差之千里 失之毫釐，差之千里 shī zhī háo lí , chà zhī qiān lǐ a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
失之毫厘，差以千里 失之毫釐，差以千里 shī zhī háo lí , chà yǐ qiān lǐ a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
差失 chā shī mistake / slip-up
差讹 差訛 chā é error / mistake
差误 差誤 chā wù mistake
后车之鉴 後車之鑒 hòu chē zhī jiàn lit. warning to the following cart (idiom) / don't follow the track of an overturned cart / fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy syn
拼写错误 拼寫錯誤 pīn xiě cuò wù spelling mistake / written error
智者千虑，必有一失 智者千慮，必有一失 zhì zhě qiān lǜ , bì yǒu yī shī lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom) / fig. nobody is infallible
眼岔 yǎn chà to mistake for sth else
瞎子摸象 xiā zi mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees syn
纰缪 紕繆 pī miù error / mistake syn
讹谬 訛謬 é miù error / mistake syn
误看 誤看 wù kàn a mistake / an oversight / an error of judgment
走嘴 zǒu zuǐ a slip of the tongue / to blurt out (a secret or stupid mistake) syn
迷误 迷誤 mí wù mistake / error / to mislead / to lead astray
违失 違失 wéi shī fault / mistake / shortcoming / error / misconduct
过而能改，善莫大焉 過而能改，善莫大焉 guò ér néng gǎi , shàn mò dà yān If one can change after making a mistake, there is nothing better (idiom)
常犯 cháng fàn to commit (an error) often / common (mistake)
服软 服軟 fú ruǎn to admit defeat / to give in / to acknowledge a mistake / to apologize / to be amenable to persuasion syn
手滑 shǒu huá to do sth by mistake (with one's hand) / to make a slip of the hand (e.g. click the wrong button)
事不过三 事不過三 shì bù guò sān (idiom) a thing should not be attempted more than three times / don't repeat the same mistake again and again / (idiom) bad things don't happen more than three times
好心倒做了驴肝肺 好心倒做了驢肝肺 hǎo xīn dào zuò le lǘ gān fèi (idiom) to mistake good intentions for ill will
舛误 舛誤 chuǎn wù error / mistake syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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