HSK 6 · Verbs

误解 wùjiě “to misunderstand” in Chinese

Traditional 誤解

What 误解 means

  1. to misunderstand
  2. misunderstanding

How to say 误解

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale解jiě3rd tone, dipping

误解 in a sentence

  1. 恐怕你误解我了。

    Kǒngpà nǐ wùjiě wǒ le.

    I’m afraid you’ve misunderstood me.

    Sentence #1328176 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他讨厌被误解。

    Tā tǎoyàn bèi wùjiě.

    He hates being misunderstood.

    Sentence #10203684 from Tatoeba

  3. 为了避免误解，他们又过了一遍合同。

    Wèile bìmiǎn wùjiě, tāmen yòu guò le yí biàn hétong.

    To avoid any misunderstanding, they went through the contract again.

    Sentence #10546668 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 误解 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 解 (jiě) with each of its parts in a different colour
解jiěto divide
  • 角horn · jiǎo
  • 刀knife · dāo
  • 牛cow · niú

Memory aidA knife 刀 taking the horn 角 off an ox 牛: to take apart, to explain.

How to write 误解

误 9 strokes · 解 13 strokes

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

Words related to 误解

Words with 误

误会wùhuì · to misunderstand错误cuòwù · mistaken耽误dānwu · to delay误差wùchā · error失误shīwù · mistake

Words with 解

解决jiějué · settle a dispute了解liǎojiě · comprehend解释jiěshì · explanation理解lǐjiě · to comprehend缓解huǎnjiě · to bring relief解剖jiěpōu · to dissect辩解biànjiě · to justify解除jiěchú · to remove解散jiěsàn · to dissolve解体jiětǐ · to disintegrate

More words: Thinking & Talking

妥协tuǒxié · to compromise歪曲wāiqū · to distort妄想wàngxiǎng · wishful thinking慰问wèiwèn · to express sympathy污蔑wūmiè · to slander侮辱wǔrǔ · to insult想方设法xiǎngfāngshèfǎ · to try every possible way响应xiǎngyìng · to respond to

FAQs

误解 (wùjiě) means “to misunderstand” or “misunderstanding”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wùjiě: wù with a 4th tone, then jiě with a 3rd 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, 误解 is written 誤解. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wujie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 误解 from the suggestions. Typing wujie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
误解 is an HSK 6 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.