告訴

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See also: 告诉

Chinese

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

Pronunciation 1


Verb

告訴

  1. to tell; to inform
    不要現在告訴 [MSC, trad.]
    不要现在告诉 [MSC, simp.]
    Qǐng bùyào xiànzài jiù gàosu tā.
    Please don't tell him yet.
    爸爸告訴哪兒 [MSC, trad.]
    爸爸告诉哪儿 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ bàba gàosu le wǒ yào qù nǎr.
    My dad told me where to go.
    還有重要事情告訴 [MSC, trad.]
    还有重要事情告诉 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ háiyǒu yī jiàn hěn zhòngyào de shìqíng yào gàosu nǐ.
    I still have one very important thing to tell you.
    告訴必然跳腳 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
    告诉必然跳脚 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
    Nǐ bǎ zhè shì gàosu tā, tā bìrán tiàojiǎo.
    If you tell this to her, she will definitely go mad.
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Pronunciation 2


Verb

告訴

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

Kanji in this term
こく
Grade: 5

Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
吿訴 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

(こく)() (kokuso

  1. accusation, charge, lawsuit

Verb

(こく)()する (kokuso surusuru (stem (こく)() (kokuso shi), past (こく)()した (kokuso shita))

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

References

  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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

告訴 (goso) (hangeul 고소)

  1. hanja form? of 고소 (accusation, charge, accuse, charge)