错过cuò guòto miss (train, opportunity etc)
错过 (cuò guò) means "to miss," as in missing a train, a bus, a show, or an opportunity. It describes failing to catch something in time, as in 错过火车 (to miss the train) or 别错过这个机会 (don't miss this chance). It is often followed by 了 for something already missed.
What does 错过 mean?
- 1.
to miss (train, opportunity etc)verb
What do the characters in 错过 mean?
- 错to miss
- 过not compositional here
How do you use 错过?
错过 takes the missed thing as its object, and 了 marks that it is already missed.
Patterns
错过 + 了 + noun
他错过了公共汽车。
Tā cuòguò le gōnggòng qìchē.
He missed the bus.
What are some examples of 错过 in a sentence?
How is 错过 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
你怎么现在才到？
Nǐ zěnme xiànzài cái dào?
Why are you only getting here now?
- Speaker B:
我错过了八点的公共汽车。
Wǒ cuòguò le bā diǎn de gōnggòng qìchē.
I missed the eight o'clock bus.
- Speaker A:
下一班是几点？
Xià yì bān shì jǐ diǎn?
When is the next one?
- Speaker B:
八点半，所以我来晚了。
Bā diǎn bàn, suǒyǐ wǒ lái wǎn le.
Eight thirty, so I'm late.
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- 经过jīng guòto pass; to go throughHSK 3
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.