Chinese symbol for “stagger”
错开
cuò kāi
Traditional: 錯開
to stagger (times)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stagger is 错开 (cuò kāi), defined as: to stagger (times).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “stagger”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 错 (錯) | cuò | mistake; wrong |
| 踉跄 (踉蹌) | liàng qiàng | to stagger; to walk falteringly |
| 错时 (錯時) | cuò shí | to stagger (holidays, working hours etc) |
| 蹒跚 (蹣跚) | pán shān | to walk unsteadily; to stagger; to lurch; to hobble; to totter |
| 趔趄 | liè qie | to stagger; to stumble; to reel; Taiwan pr. [lie4ju1] |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 错开.
| 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! |
| 错过 (錯過) | cuò guò | to miss (train, opportunity etc) |
| 过错 (過錯) | guò cuò | mistake; fault |
| 出错 (出錯) | chū cuò | to make a mistake; error |
| 开始 (開始) | kāi shǐ | to begin; to start; beginning; start |
| 开发 (開發) | kāi fā | to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stagger”.
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.