告訴

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
variant forms		告愬
anagram		訴告／诉告

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gàosu, gàosù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ˙ㄙㄨ, ㄍㄠˋ ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou³ sou³
• Wu (Wiktionary): kau su (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: gàosu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ˙ㄙㄨ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaw.su
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gàosů
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯˥˩ su˩/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: gàosù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gawsuh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gàosù
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯˥˩꜒꜔ su˥˩/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou³ sou³
    • Yale: gou sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou³ sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou³ sou³
    • IPA ^(key): /kou̯˧ sou̯˧/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: kau su (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔ˧ sv̩ʷ˦/

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
Mandarin	Beijing	告送
	Taiwan	告訴
	Jinan	告送, 告訴
	Xi'an	說給
	Wuhan	告信
	Chengdu	給……說
	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
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	同……講
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	摎……講
	Dongshi (Dabu)	同……講
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	同……講
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	拁……講
Jin	Taiyuan	告, 告給
Min Bei	Jian'ou	邀……話
Min Dong	Fuzhou	共……講
Min Nan	Xiamen	共……講
	Quanzhou	共……說
	Zhangzhou	共……講
	Taipei	共……講
	Kaohsiung	共……講
	Penang	共……講
	Philippines (Manila)	共……說, 共……講
	Chaozhou	個……呾
Wu	Shanghai	告訴
	Suzhou	告送, 告訴
	Wenzhou	匄……講, 告訴
Xiang	Changsha	告送
	Shuangfeng	話耗, 講耗, 告耗

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gàosù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou³ sou³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ko-su
• Min Nan (POJ): kò-sò͘ / kò͘-sò͘
• Wu (Wiktionary): kau su (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gàosù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gawsuh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gàosù
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯˥˩꜒꜔ su˥˩/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou³ sou³
    • Yale: gou sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou³ sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou³ sou³
    • IPA ^(key): /kou̯˧ sou̯˧/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko-su
    • Hakka Romanization System: go su
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go⁴ su⁴
    • IPA: /ko˥ su˥/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: kò-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koirsox
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ˨˩꜓꜖ sɔ˨˩/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko˩˩꜒꜔ sɔ˩˩/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko˨˩꜒꜔ sɔ˨˩/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: kòo-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: korsox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ˦˩꜒꜒꜓ sɔ˦˩/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: kau su (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔ˧ sv̩ʷ˦/

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, 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 chùlǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Derived terms

告訴乃論／告诉乃论

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
告	訴
こく Grade: 4	そ Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) こ​くそ [kóꜜkùsò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟̊ᵝso̞]

Noun

告訴 (hiragana こくそ, rōmaji kokuso)

1. accusation, charge, lawsuit

Verb

告訴する (suru conjugation, hiragana こくそする, rōmaji kokuso suru)

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

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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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”).