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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵kau-su₅

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• 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/

Verb

告訴

1. 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: 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

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
	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
	Shuangfeng	話耗, 講耗, 告耗

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

See also

• 告兒／告儿 (gàor)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gàosù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou³ sou³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ko-su
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kò-sò͘ / kò͘-sò͘
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵kau-su

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• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: kò-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koirsox
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko²¹⁻⁵³ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹⁻⁵³ sɔ¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: kòo-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: korsox
    • 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

1. (formal, law) to file a lawsuit against someone (especially minor offences that requires the victim's consent to prosecute.)

   • 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 chǔlǐ. [Pinyin]

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

Synonyms

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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)

Derived terms

• 告訴乃論 / 告诉乃论 (gàosùnǎilùn)