HSK 4 · Verbs

误会 wùhuì “to misunderstand” in Chinese

Traditional 誤會

What 误会 means

  1. to misunderstand
  2. to mistake
  3. misunderstanding

Measure word 个 gè · 一个误会 yí ge wùhuì

How to say 误会

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale误wù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale会huì4th tone, falling

误会 in a sentence

  1. 我们之间肯定有误会。

    Wǒmen zhījiān kěndìng yǒu wùhuì.

    There must be some misunderstanding between us.

    Sentence #1328039 from Tatoeba

  2. 千万别误会我的意思。

    Qiānwàn bié wùhuì wǒ de yìsi.

    Please don’t get me wrong.

    Sentence #4282947 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我很抱歉误会了您。

    Wǒ hěn bàoqiàn wùhuì le nín.

    I’m sorry I misunderstood you.

    Sentence #472331 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 误会 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 误 (wù) with each of its parts in a different colour
误wùmistake
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 吴one of several warring states · WúSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 吴 (Wú) hints at the sound. Compare it with wù.

The character 会 (huì) with each of its parts in a different colour
会huìcan; to have the skill; to know how to
  • 人person · rén
  • 云cloud · yún

Memory aidPeople 人 getting together to talk 云 (云 meant “to say” in old Chinese): to meet, and to know how.

How to write 误会

误 9 strokes · 会 6 strokes

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误会 (wùhuì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 误会 (wùhuì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 误会

Words with 误

错误cuòwù · mistaken耽误dānwu · to delay误解wùjiě · to misunderstand误差wùchā · error失误shīwù · mistake

Words with 会

会huì · can会议huìyì · meeting机会jīhuì · opportunity开会kāihuì · to have a meeting晚会wǎnhuì · evening party一会儿yíhuìr · a while运动会yùndònghuì · sports meet约会yuēhuì · appointment聚会jùhuì · party社会shèhuì · society

More words: Thinking & Talking

讨论tǎolùn · to discuss提醒tíxǐng · to remind填空tiánkòng · to fill in the blanks (on a form or test)通知tōngzhī · to notify邀请yāoqǐng · to invite意见yìjiàn · idea以为yǐwéi · to think (wrongly)原谅yuánliàng · to excuse

FAQs

误会 (wùhuì) means “to misunderstand” or “to mistake”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it wùhuì: wù with a 4th tone, then huì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 误会 is written 誤會. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one to misunderstand is 一个误会 (yí ge wùhuì).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wuhui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 误会 from the suggestions. Typing wuhui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
误会 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.