Chinese symbol for “accidentally”
误打误撞
wù dǎ wù zhuàng
Traditional: 誤打誤撞
accidentally; to act before thinking
The closest CC-CEDICT match for accidentally is 误打误撞 (wù dǎ wù zhuàng), defined as: accidentally; to act before thinking.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “accidentally”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一不小心 | yī bù xiǎo xīn | to be a little bit careless; to have a moment of inattentiveness; accidentally |
| 失手 | shī shǒu | a slip; miscalculation |
| 偶一 | ǒu yī | accidentally; once in a while |
| 无意中 (無意中) | wú yì zhōng | accidentally; unintentionally |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 误打误撞.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 错误 (錯誤) | cuò wù | mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake |
| 失误 (失誤) | shī wù | lapse; mistake |
| 误解 (誤解) | wù jiě | to misunderstand; misunderstanding |
| 误会 (誤會) | wù huì | to misunderstand; to mistake |
| 误导 (誤導) | wù dǎo | to mislead; to misguide |
| 耽误 (耽誤) | dān wu | to delay; to hold up |
| 打开 (打開) | dǎ kāi | to open; to show (a ticket) |
| 打击 (打擊) | dǎ jī | to hit; to strike |
| 碰撞 | pèng zhuàng | to collide; collision |
See also: Japanese symbol for “accidentally”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.