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误会誤會 wùhuì — to misunderstand, to get the wrong idea

wùhuì (fourth tone, falling)wu4hui4

Traditional: 誤會

to misunderstand, to get the wrong idea

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Meanings

  1. to misunderstand, to get the wrong idea

    To take someone’s words or actions the wrong way — 误 mistakenly, 会 to understand. It is about meaning, not fact: two people can each be honest and still 误会 each other, which is what makes it worth clearing up rather than arguing over.

    verb

  2. a misunderstanding

    noun

Character breakdown

  • 会會
    huì (fourth tone, falling) kuài (fourth tone, falling)

    to know how to, to be able to (through learning); to be likely to, will; a meeting, a gathering, an association; (kuài) only in 会计, accounting

    6 strokes⿱人云Radical 人

Example sentences

  • 对不起，我误会你的意思了。對不起，我誤會你的意思了。Duìbuqǐ, (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) wùhuìle (fourth tone, falling) nǐ (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) yìsi (fourth tone, falling) le. (neutral tone)···

    Sorry, I misunderstood what you meant.

  • 这是一个误会，我们没有生气。這是一個誤會，我們沒有生氣。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) yí (second tone, rising) ge (neutral tone) wùhuì, (fourth tone, falling) wǒmen (third tone, dipping) méiyǒu (second tone, rising) shēngqì. (first tone, high and level)···

    This is a misunderstanding — we’re not angry.

Common mistakes

  • Not quite这个题误会了。

    Correct这个题错了。

    误会 is specifically about misreading a person’s meaning or intent; a wrong answer on a test is simply 错, not 误会 — nothing was misunderstood between people, something was just incorrect.

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