Chinese symbol for “miss”
错过
cuò guò
Traditional: 錯過
to miss (train, opportunity etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for miss is 错过 (cuò guò), defined as: to miss (train, opportunity etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “miss”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 想念 | xiǎng niàn | to miss; to remember with longing |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think (about); to think of; to devise |
| 漏掉 | lòu diào | to miss; to leave out |
| 眷恋 (眷戀) | juàn liàn | to miss; to long for |
| 错 (錯) | cuò | mistake; wrong |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 错过.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 错误 (錯誤) | cuò wù | mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake |
| 不错 (不錯) | bù cuò | correct; right |
| 没错 (沒錯) | méi cuò | that's right; sure! |
| 过错 (過錯) | guò cuò | mistake; fault |
| 出错 (出錯) | chū cuò | to make a mistake; error |
| 通过 (通過) | tōng guò | to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 过去 (過去) | guò qù | (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by |
See also: Japanese symbol for “miss”.
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.