誤〔误〕 ng⁶ {wù}

1. mistake
2. error
3. to miss
4. to harm
5. to delay
6. to neglect
7. mistakenly

誤傳〔误传〕 ng⁶ cyun⁴ {wù chuán}

to spread misinformation

誤差〔误-〕 ng⁶ caa¹ {wù chā}

1. difference
2. error
3. inaccuracy

誤車〔误车〕 ng⁶ ce¹ {wù chē}

to miss (bus, train etc)

誤點〔误点〕 ng⁶ dim² {wù diǎn}

1. not on time
2. late (public transport, airlines)
3. overdue
4. behind schedule
5. delayed

誤導〔误导〕 ng⁶ dou⁶ {wù dǎo}

1. to mislead
2. to misguide
3. misleading
4. misguided

誤讀〔误读〕 ng⁶ duk⁶ {wù dú}

1. to misread
2. (fig.) to misunderstand
3. to misinterpret

誤解〔误-〕 ng⁶ gaai² {wù jiě}

1. to misunderstand
2. to misread
3. misunderstanding

誤機〔误机〕 ng⁶ gei¹ {wù jī}

to miss a plane

誤工〔误-〕 ng⁶ gung¹ {wù gōng}

1. to delay one's work
2. to be late for or absent from work
3. loss of working time

誤看〔误-〕 ng⁶ hon³ {wù kàn}

1. a mistake
2. an oversight
3. an error of judgment

誤用〔误-〕 ng⁶ jung⁶ {wù yòng}

to misuse

誤區〔误区〕 ng⁶ keoi¹ {wù qū}

1. error
2. inconsistency

誤判〔误-〕 ng⁶ pun³ {wù pàn}

1. to misjudge
2. error of judgment
3. incorrect ruling
4. miscarriage of justice

誤殺〔误杀〕 ng⁶ saat³ {wù shā}

1. to mistakenly kill
2. manslaughter

誤寫〔误写〕 ng⁶ se² {wù xiě}

to unwittingly write the wrong thing

誤信〔误-〕 ng⁶ seon³ {wù xìn}

1. to falsely believe
2. to be mislead
3. to fall for (a trick etc)

誤事〔误-〕 ng⁶ si⁶ {wù shì}

1. to hold things up
2. to make a botch of things

誤傷〔误伤〕 ng⁶ soeng¹ {wù shāng}

1. to injure accidentally
2. accidental injury

誤會〔误会〕 ng⁶ wui⁶ {wù huì}

1. to misunderstand
2. to mistake
3. misunderstanding
4. CL: 個

誤作〔误-〕 ng⁶ zok³ {wù zuò}

1. to consider erroneously
2. incorrectly attributed to sb

誤判案〔误--〕 ng⁶ pun³ on³ {wù pàn àn}

miscarriage of justice

誤打誤撞〔误-误-〕 ng⁶ daa² ng⁶ zong⁶ {wù dǎ wù zhuàng}

1. accidentally
2. to act before thinking

誤人子弟〔误---〕 ng⁶ jan⁴ zi² dai⁶ {wù rén zǐ dì}

1. (of a lazy or incompetent teacher) to hamper students' progress
2. (of media) to propagate errors
3. to lead people astray

誤入歧途〔误---〕 ng⁶ jap⁶ kei⁴ tou⁴ {wù rù qí tú}

1. to take a wrong step in life (idiom)
2. to go astray

誤上賊船〔误-贼-〕 ng⁶ soeng⁵ caak⁶ syun⁴ {wù shàng zéi chuán}

1. lit. to mistakenly board a pirate ship
2. to embark on a hopeless adventure

誤入歧途效應〔误----应〕 ng⁶ jap⁶ kei⁴ tou⁴ haau⁶ jing³ {wù rù qí tú xiào yìng}

garden path effect