告訴

See also: 告诉

Chinese

	to tell; to inform; to say	complain; sue; tell
trad. (告訴/吿訴)	告/吿	訴
simp. (告诉)	告	诉
alternative forms	告愬
anagram	訴告／诉告

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): gàosu, gàosù

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ˙ㄙㄨ, ㄍㄠˋ ㄙㄨˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gao⁴ su⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou³ sou³
Eastern Min (BUC): gó̤-só
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gao³ su³
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵kau-su₅ / ³kau₅-sou₅

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gàosu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ˙ㄙㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gàosů
  - Wade–Giles: kao⁴-su⁵
  - Yale: gàu-su
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaw.su
  - Palladius: гаосу (gaosu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵¹ su¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gàosù
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ㄙㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gàosù
  - Wade–Giles: kao⁴-su⁴
  - Yale: gàu-sù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gawsuh
  - Palladius: гаосу (gaosu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ su⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: gao⁴ su⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gaosu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau²¹³ su²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou³ sou³
  - Yale: gou sou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou³ sou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou³ sou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯³³ sou̯³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gó̤-só
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ko²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(s-)lou²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gao³ su³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kàu sù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ su²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵kau-su₅
  - MiniDict: kau^去 su^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kau-su₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɔ³³ su⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ³kau₅-sou₅
  - MiniDict: kau^去 sou^去
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kæ⁵² səu¹¹/

Verb

告訴

to tell; to inform
請不要現在就告訴他。 [MSC, trad.]
请不要现在就告诉他。 [MSC, simp.]
Qǐng bùyào xiànzài jiù gàosu tā. [Pinyin]
Please don't tell him yet.

我爸爸告訴了我要去哪兒。 [MSC, trad.]
我爸爸告诉了我要去哪儿。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ bàba gàosu le wǒ yào qù nǎr. [Pinyin]
My dad told me where to go.

我還有一件很重要的事情要告訴你。 [MSC, trad.]
我还有一件很重要的事情要告诉你。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ háiyǒu yī jiàn hěn zhòngyào de shìqíng yào gàosu nǐ. [Pinyin]
I still have one very important thing to tell you.

你把這事告訴她，她必然跳腳。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
你把这事告诉她，她必然跳脚。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
Nǐ bǎ zhè shì gàosu tā, tā bìrán tiàojiǎo. [Pinyin]
If you tell this to her, she will definitely go mad.
- 你聰明的，告訴我，我們的日子為什麼一去不復返呢？ [MSC, trad.]
  你聪明的，告诉我，我们的日子为什么一去不复返呢？ [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1922, 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing),《匆匆》
  Nǐ cōngmíng de, gàosu wǒ, wǒmen de rìzi wèishénme yī qù bù fùfǎn ne? [Pinyin]
  You the wise, tell me, why should our days leave us, never to return?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 告訴 (“to tell”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		告訴
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	告送
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	告訴
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	告送, 告訴
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	說給
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	給……說
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	告信
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	告送
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	給……講
Cantonese	Guangzhou	話……知
	Hong Kong	話……知, 話畀……知, 話……聽, 話畀……聽
	Yangjiang	話……知, 話知
Gan	Nanchang	告送
Hakka	Meixian	話……知
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	同……講
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	同……講
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	摎……講
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	同……講
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	同……講
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	拁……講
Jin	Taiyuan	告, 告給
Northern Min	Jian'ou	邀……話
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	共……講
Southern Min	Xiamen	共……講
	Quanzhou	共……說
	Zhangzhou	共……講
	Taipei	共……講
	Kaohsiung	共……講
	Penang (Hokkien)	共……講
	Manila (Hokkien)	共……說, 共……講
	Chaozhou	個……呾
	Puning	佮……呾
Wu	Shanghai	告訴
	Suzhou	告送, 告訴
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	告送
	Wenzhou	匄……講, 告訴
Xiang	Changsha	告送
Xiang	Shuangfeng	話耗, 講耗, 告耗

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gàosù

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ㄙㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou³ sou³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ko-su

(Hailu, HRS): go^ˇ su^ˇ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kò-sò͘ / kò͘-sò͘
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵kau-su

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gàosù
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ㄙㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gàosù
  - Wade–Giles: kao⁴-su⁴
  - Yale: gàu-sù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gawsuh
  - Palladius: гаосу (gaosu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ su⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou³ sou³
  - Yale: gou sou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou³ sou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou³ sou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯³³ sou̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko-su
  - Hakka Romanization System: go su
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go⁴ su⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ko⁵⁵ su⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: go^ˇ su^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /ko¹¹ su¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-sò͘
  - Tâi-lô: kò-sòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koirsox
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ sɔ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko²¹⁻⁵³ sɔ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹⁻⁵³ sɔ¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-sò͘
  - Tâi-lô: kòo-sòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: korsox
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɔ⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵kau-su
  - MiniDict: kau^去 su
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kau-su
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɔ³³ su⁴⁴/

Verb

告訴

(formal, law) to file a lawsuit; to file a complaint (especially for those minor offences that require the victim's consent to prosecute)
- 第一款罪，告诉的才处理。 [MSC, simp.]
  第一款罪，告訴的才處理。 [MSC, trad.]
  From: 2017, 中华人民共和国刑法 (Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China), 第二百五十七条 (Article 257)
  Dìyī kuǎn zuì, gàosù de cái chǔlǐ. [Pinyin]
  The crime mentioned in the first paragraph of this Article shall be handled only upon complaint.
(obsolete) to appeal to; to complain to
- 身非木石，獨與法吏為伍，深幽囹圄之中，誰可告訴者？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  身非木石，独与法吏为伍，深幽囹圄之中，谁可告诉者？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 91 B.C.E., Sima Qian,《報任安書》, translated by James R. Hightower
  Shēn fēi mùshí, dú yǔ fǎlì wéi wǔ, shēn yōu língyǔ zhīzhōng, shuí kě gàosù zhě? [Pinyin]
  My body is not of wood or stone: and I was alone with the jailors. When one is shut up in the depths of prison, is there anyone he can appeal to?

Synonyms

(to file a lawsuit):

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告
告狀 / 告状 (gàozhuàng)
打官司
指控 (zhǐkòng)
控告 (kònggào)
控訴 / 控诉 (kòngsù)
檢控 / 检控 (jiǎnkòng) (chiefly Hong Kong)
爭訟 / 争讼 (zhēngsòng) (to litigate to resolve a dispute)
訴訟 / 诉讼 (sùsòng)
訴追 / 诉追 (sùzhuī)
起訴 / 起诉 (qǐsù)
追訴 / 追诉 (zhuīsù)

(both senses):

申訴／申诉 (shēnsù)

Derived terms

告訴乃論 / 告诉乃论 (gàosùnǎilùn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
告	訴
こく Grade: 5	そ Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
吿訴 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こくそ [kóꜜkùsò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟̊so̞]

Noun

告(こく)訴(そ) • (kokuso)

accusation, charge, lawsuit

Verb

告(こく)訴(そ)する • (kokuso suru) suru (stem 告(こく)訴(そ)し (kokuso shi), past 告(こく)訴(そ)した (kokuso shita))

to accuse, to charge
to sue, to bring a case against

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“告訴”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
告	訴

Noun

告訴 • (goso) (hangeul 고소)

hanja form^? of 고소 (“accusation, charge, accuse, charge”)

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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