wrongly written/pronounced character
Meanings
2 senses · 10 examplesnoun
wrongly written character; miswritten character
Refers to characters written incorrectly due to carelessness or lack of knowledge.
There are several miswritten characters in this composition.
He always writes "己" as "已", making many wrong characters.
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Young children who are just learning to write often make writing mistakes.
The teacher pointed out three wrong characters in my composition.
You wrote "māo" as "miáo", that's a miswritten character.
noun
mispronounced character; misread character
Refers to characters pronounced incorrectly due to confusion with similar-looking or similar-sounding characters.
He misread "chēng" as "táng" when reading the text, making a pronunciation mistake.
Broadcasters need to be careful when reading scripts to avoid mispronouncing characters.
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Many foreigners learning Chinese often mispronounce characters.
I accidentally mispronounced a character during my last speech and corrected it quickly.
The teacher corrected our habit of mispronouncing characters.