# 错位 (cuòwèi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 错位 (cuòwèi) means “to be misaligned; dislocation”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to be misaligned; dislocation
- Pinyin: cuòwèi (cuo4 wei4)
- Traditional: 錯位
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 我衬衫的扣子扣错位了。
  Wǒ chènshān de kòuzi kòu cuòwèi le.
  The buttons on my shirt were buttoned out of alignment.

## Characters

- [错](https://hanziro.com/word/cuo-wrong/) (cuò): wrong; mistake
- [位](https://hanziro.com/word/wei-people/) (wèi): (measure word) for people; seat

https://hanziro.com/word/cuo-wei-be-misaligned/

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