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告诉

gào sù

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word Traditional 告訴

告诉 (gào sù) means "to tell; to inform". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 告诉 means

1. to press charges; to file a complaint

How 告诉 is used in grammar

告诉 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Double Object Sentences: 给/送 + person + thing (HSK 2)

Other readings

告诉 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• gào suto tell; to inform; to let know

The characters in 告诉

• 告gào(bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce
• 诉sùto complain; to sue; to tell

Example sentences

• 告诉我！
  Tell me!
• 告诉汤姆。
  Tell Tom.
• 请告诉我。
  Please tell me.
• 他告诉她。
  He told her.
• 全告诉他。
  Tell him everything.
• 不要告诉我。
  Don't tell me.

Where 告诉 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Communication and Information (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gào sù correctly.
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