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你打错了。

You have the wrong number.
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Practice path

Make this line survive without the page.

Start with the sound, then answer the authored recall prompts for this exact line. No browsing through the whole quiz set.

0/4 recalled Next: hear it cold. Continue next step

Scene

When to use it

Answering a phone call or message from someone who reached the wrong person.

Risk

can sound cold

Soften it with 不好意思 if you want to sound less abrupt.

Literal

You dialed wrong.

打错了 is the natural phone-call phrase, not a word-for-word translation of wrong number.

Examples

Say it inside real sentences.

Run the 4-step recall
01 Sorry, you have the wrong number.
02 You may have the wrong number.

Mini dialogue

Hear the social move.

Play both lines, then say the second line without looking.

A Is this Mr. Li?
B Sorry, you have the wrong number.

Contrast

Do not blur these together.

01 Dialed wrong.
02 Sent to the wrong person/place.

Recall prompts

Check whether it survived.

01 · What does 你打错了。 mean?

Answer: You have the wrong number.

打错了 is the natural phone-call phrase, not a word-for-word translation of wrong number.

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02 · Fill the pinyin for 你打错了。

Answer: nǐ dǎ cuò le.

错 is fourth tone; 了 is light here.

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03 · Which line fits a wrong phone call?

Answer: 你打错了。

打电话 means make a phone call, so 打错了 fits dialing wrong.

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