Chinese words starting with “cuo”
10 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable cuo. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 2 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial c · final uo · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 2
- 4th tone 8
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 错误cuò wùHSK 3
mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake
- 错过cuò guòHSK 6
to miss (train, opportunity etc)
All 10 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 错 | cuò | v,n | 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 | |
| 2 | 措施 | cuò shī | n | measure; step | |
| 3 | 挫折 | cuò zhé | n,vn,v | setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; to subdue | |
| 4 | 搓 | cuō | v | to rub or roll between the hands or fingers; to twist | |
| 5 | 错觉 | cuò jué | n | misconception; illusion; misperception | |
| 6 | 措手不及 | cuò shǒu bù jí | l | no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared | |
| 7 | 错位 | cuò wèi | v,vn | to be wrongly positioned; to be dislocated; to be misplaced; (medicine) to be in malposition; (fig.) erroneous; eccentric | |
| 8 | 错综复杂 | cuò zōng fù zá | v | tangled and complicated (idiom) | |
| 9 | 磋商 | cuō shāng | vn,v | to consult; to discuss seriously; to negotiate; to confer; negotiations; consultations | |
| 10 | 错别字 | cuò bié zì | n | incorrectly written or mispronounced characters |
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