起訴

See also: 起诉

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	complain; sue; tell
trad. (起訴)		起	訴
simp. (起诉)		起	诉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qǐsù

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄙㄨˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qi³ su⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² sou³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hí-su
• Jin (Wiktionary): qi² su³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khí-sò͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki² su³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐsù
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐsù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-su⁴
    • Yale: chǐ-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiisuh
    • Palladius: цису (cisu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ su⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: qi³ su⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kisu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵³ su²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² sou³
    • Yale: héi sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ sou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-su
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi^ˋ su
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi³ su⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ su⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: qi² su³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰi⁵³ su⁴⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: khí-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qysox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sɔ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki² su³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khí sù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ su²¹³/

Verb

起訴

1. to indict; to prosecute; to bring a case against; to sue

   撤回起訴／撤回起诉  ―  chèhuí qǐsù  ―  to withdraw charges

Synonyms

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• 告
• 告狀／告状 (gàozhuàng)
• 告訴／告诉 (gàosù)
• 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)
• 追訴／追诉 (zhuīsù)

 

Derived terms

• 共同起訴／共同起诉 (gòngtóng qǐsù)
• 起訴書／起诉书 (qǐsùshū)
• 起訴狀／起诉状 (qǐsùzhuàng)

 

See also

• 投訴／投诉 (tóusù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
起	訴
き Grade: 3	そ Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

起(き)訴(そ) • (kiso) 

1. prosecution

Verb

起(き)訴(そ)する • (kiso suru) suru (stem 起(き)訴(そ)し (kiso shi), past 起(き)訴(そ)した (kiso shita))

1. to indict

Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	起訴し	きそし	kiso shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	起訴し	きそし	kiso shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	起訴する	きそする	kiso suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	起訴する	きそする	kiso suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	起訴すれ	きそすれ	kiso sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	起訴せよ¹ 起訴しろ²	きそせよ¹ きそしろ²	kiso seyo¹ kiso shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	起訴される	きそされる	kiso sareru
Causative	起訴させる 起訴さす	きそさせる きそさす	kiso saseru kiso sasu
Potential	起訴できる	きそできる	kiso dekiru
Volitional	起訴しよう	きそしよう	kiso shiyō
Negative	起訴しない	きそしない	kiso shinai
Negative continuative	起訴せず	きそせず	kiso sezu
Formal	起訴します	きそします	kiso shimasu
Perfective	起訴した	きそした	kiso shita
Conjunctive	起訴して	きそして	kiso shite
Hypothetical conditional	起訴すれば	きそすれば	kiso sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Conjugation of "起訴する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)