粵

錯co3別bit6字zi6

simp错别字
co3 bit6 zi6cuò bié zì

English

  1. Chinese character error (collective term for 錯字|错字[cuo4 zi4] and 別字|别字[bie2 zi4])
  2. a wrongly-written or wrongly-used character

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 錯字同埋別字嘅合稱。錯字係指將隻字寫錯咗,例如多咗一點,或者少咗一撇;別字係指字嘅形狀冇錯,但係就寫咗做第二隻字(量詞:個/隻)

Examples

  • 我总是写错别字。

    I always make typos.

    Tatoeba · U2FS CC BY

  • 報告是匆匆準備好的,所以含有個把錯別字。

    The report was prepared in haste and had several misspellings.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • 佢唔係大學畢業嘅咩?篇求職信咁多錯別字嘅?

    Didn't he go to university? There're so many typos in his cover letter!

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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