How to Say ‘Went the wrong way’ in Traditional Chinese
走錯了
zǒu cuò le
[dzoh tswaw luh]
💬 Usage Tip: [動詞 + 錯] means doing something wrongly: [走錯了] "went the wrong way," [看錯了] "saw it wrong," [寫錯了] "wrote it wrong." The final [了] shows the mistake already happened.
Phrase Breakdown
走錯
zǒu cuò
[dzoh tswaw]
to go the wrong way; take a wrong route
Used when someone chooses the wrong path, road, or direction.
我以為司機走錯了，其實沒有。
I thought the driver had gone the wrong way, but actually he hadn't.
了
le
[luh]
completed action particle
A particle often placed at the end of a sentence to show a change of state or completed action.
你是不是走錯了？
Did you go the wrong way?
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