How to Say ‘To get something wrong; to make a mistake’ in Traditional Chinese
弄錯
nòng cuò
[noong-tswaw]
💬 Usage Tip: [弄錯] is a handy everyday verb for getting something wrong — a location, a name, an order. You can swap in the thing after it: [地址弄錯了] "the address was wrong," [時間弄錯了] "got the time wrong."
Phrase Breakdown
弄錯
nòng cuò
[noong-tswaw]
to make a mistake; to get wrong; to mix up
Used when someone misunderstands, confuses, or handles something incorrectly.
司機把上車地點弄錯了，所以晚到了。
The driver got the pickup location wrong, so he arrived late.
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