告訴

See also: 告诉

Chinese

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

Pronunciation 1

Verb

告訴

1. (chiefly Mandarin) 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.

   • 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: 朱自清, 《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
	Taiwan	告訴
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	告送, 告訴
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	說給
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	給……說
	Wuhan	告信
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	告送
	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
Wu	Shanghai	告訴
	Suzhou	告送, 告訴
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	告送
	Wenzhou	匄……講, 告訴
Xiang	Changsha	告送
	Shuangfeng	話耗, 講耗, 告耗

Pronunciation 2

Verb

告訴

1. (formal, law) to file a lawsuit against someone

   • 第一款罪，告訴的才處理。 [MSC, trad.]
     第一款罪，告诉的才处理。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2017, (deprecated template usage) 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]

     Those committing crimes stipulated in the first paragraph of this article are to be investigated only if they are sued.

Derived terms

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Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
吿訴 (kyūjitai)

Noun

告(こく)訴(そ) • (kokuso) 

1. 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))

1. accuse, charge
2. sue, bring a case against

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Korean

Hanja in this term
告	訴

Noun

告訴 • (goso) (hangeul 고소)

1. Hanja form^? of 고소 (“accusation, charge, accuse, charge”).