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錯別字

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Mandarin · pinyin cuò bié zì

Chinese character error (collective term for 錯字 cuò zì and 別字 bié zì)

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錯: cuò · error, blunder, mistake, wrong
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字: zì · letter, character, word
错: cuò · error, blunder, mistake; wrong
别: bié · separate, other; do not

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Mandarin tones

4–2–4 · cuo4 bie2 zi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

co3 bit6 zi6

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noun

typo; misspelling

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