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搞錯

简 搞错 · 繁 搞錯
Mandarin · pinyin gǎo cuò

Meanings

  1. mistake
  2. to make a mistake
  3. to blunder
  4. mistaken
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搞
gǎo · to clear, clarify
錯
cuò · error, blunder, mistake, wrong
错
cuò · error, blunder, mistake; wrong
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3–4 · gao3 cuo4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gaau2 co3

Cantonese word readings for 搞錯. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

  1. to mistake something for something else
  2. to make a mistake; to err

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