告 gào
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
告诉
gàosu
to tell
Characters in this word
诉 sù
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 斥 to scold, to upbraid
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 请告诉我。 Qǐng gàosu wǒ. Please tell me.
- 请告诉我他的名字。 Qǐng gàosu wǒ tā de míngzi. Please tell me his name.
- 你告诉他吧。 Nǐ gàosu tā ba. You tell him.
- 我没告诉妈妈。 Wǒ méi gàosu māma. I did not tell mom.
- 谁告诉你的？ Shéi gàosu nǐ de? Who told you?
- 他告诉老师了。 Tā gàosu lǎoshī le. He told the teacher.
- 别告诉别人。 Bié gàosu biérén. Don't tell anyone.
- 李月告诉你了吗？ Lǐ Yuè gàosu nǐ le ma? Did Li Yue tell you?
- 明天我告诉你。 Míngtiān wǒ gàosu nǐ. I will tell you tomorrow.
- 小王想告诉你这个事。 Xiǎo Wáng xiǎng gàosu nǐ zhège shì. Xiao Wang wants to tell you about this matter.
Related words
- 广告 guǎnggào advertisement
- 报告 bàogào report; speech
- 告别 gàobié to say goodbye
- 转告 zhuǎngào to pass on a message
- 公告 gōnggào official notice
- 警告 jǐnggào to warn; warning
- 被告 bèigào defendant
- 告 gào to tell; to sue; to accuse
- 告辞 gàocí to take one's leave; to say goodbye
- 告诫 gàojiè to warn; to admonish
- 告示 gàoshi notice; public announcement
- 告知 gàozhī to inform; to notify