| 错误 | cuò wù | error; mistake; Classifiers: 个 ; mistaken; false; wrong | |
| 失误 | shī wù | lapse; mistake; to make a mistake; fault; service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc) | |
| 误解 | wù jiě | to misunderstand; to misread; misunderstanding | |
| 误会 | wù huì | to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding; Classifiers: 个 | |
| 误区 | wù qū | mistaken ideas; misconceptions; the error of one's ways |
| 1 | He got up early that morning lest he should miss the train. | |
| 2 | Get on, we shall miss the plane at this rate. | |
| 3 | Do not think that Westerners can not understand Chinese culture, but only sent a few excerpts out of martial arts. | |
| 4 | I had dates with women who would mistakenly think I was loyal to them but I never returned their calls or thanked them for the cookies they left on my doorstep. | |
| 5 | Chabris points out that our inability to absorb visual information coupled with our mistaken belief that we actually are able to absorb a lot of it influences all kinds of behavior. |
