| 1 | 错误 | 錯誤 | cuò wù | cuo4 wu4 | error; mistake; Classifiers: 个 ; mistaken; false; wrong | | |
| 2 | 误差 | 誤差 | wù chā | wu4 cha1 | difference; error; inaccuracy | | |
| 3 | 误 | 誤 | wù | wu4 | mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly | | |
| 4 | 失误 | 失誤 | shī wù | shi1 wu4 | lapse; mistake; to make a mistake; fault; service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc) | | |
| 5 | 误解 | 誤解 | wù jiě | wu4 jie3 | to misunderstand; to misread; misunderstanding | | |
| 6 | 误会 | 誤會 | wù huì | wu4 hui4 | to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 7 | 谬误 | 謬誤 | miù wù | miu4 wu4 | error; mistaken idea; falsehood | | |
| 8 | 不误 | 不誤 | bù wù | bu4 wu4 | used in expressions of the form 照 V不误 , in which V is a verb, 照 means "as before", and the overall meaning is "carry on (doing sth) regardless" or "continue (to do sth) in spite of changed circumstances", e.g. 照买不误 , to keep on buying (a product) regardless (of price hikes) | | |
| 9 | 照买不误 | 照買不誤 | zhào mǎi bù wù | zhao4 mai3 bu4 wu4 | to keep on buying (a product) regardless (of price increases, adverse publicity etc) | | |
| 10 | 磨刀不误砍柴工 | 磨刀不誤砍柴工 | mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng | mo2 dao1 bu4 wu4 kan3 chai2 gong1 | lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom); fig. time invested in preparations is not lost; a beard well lathered is half shaved | | |
| 11 | 脚误 | 腳誤 | jiǎo wù | jiao3 wu4 | foot fault (tennis etc) | | |
| 12 | 拼写错误 | 拼寫錯誤 | pīn xiě cuò wù | pin1 xie3 cuo4 wu4 | spelling mistake; written error | | |
| 13 | 偏误 | 偏誤 | piān wù | pian1 wu4 | bias (statistics) | | |
| 14 | 逻辑错误 | 邏輯錯誤 | luó ji cuò wù | luo2 ji5 cuo4 wu4 | logical error | | |
| 15 | 两不误 | 兩不誤 | liǎng bù wù | liang3 bu4 wu4 | to neglect neither one | | |
| 16 | 左计误事 | 左計誤事 | zuǒ jì wù shì | zuo3 ji4 wu4 shi4 | an unsuitable plan spoils an affair (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 刊误 | 刊誤 | kān wù | kan1 wu4 | to correct printing errors; to correct printing errors | | |
| 18 | 笔误 | 筆誤 | bǐ wù | bi3 wu4 | a slip of a pen; Classifiers: 处 | | |
| 19 | 犯错误 | 犯錯誤 | fàn cuò wù | fan4 cuo4 wu4 | Make mistakes | | |
| 20 | 讹误 | 訛誤 | é wù | e2 wu4 | error in a text; text corruption | | |
| 21 | 段错误 | 段錯誤 | duàn cuò wù | duan4 cuo4 wu4 | segmentation fault | | |
| 22 | 错误的结合 | 錯誤的結合 | cuò wù de jié hé | cuo4 wu4 de5 jie2 he2 | illusory conjunction | | |
| 23 | 聪明反被聪明误 | 聰明反被聰明誤 | cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù | cong1 ming2 fan3 bei4 cong1 ming2 wu4 | a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good | | |
| 24 | 迟误 | 遲誤 | chí wù | chi2 wu4 | to delay; to procrastinate | | |
| 25 | 查对无误 | 查對無誤 | chá duì wú wù | cha2 dui4 wu2 wu4 | examined and found correct; verified (idiom) | | |