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诉

sù

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 character level 2 Character Traditional 訴

What 诉 means

1. to complain
2. to sue
3. to tell

Other readings

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

• sùvariant of {诉|sù}

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.

Words starting with 诉

• 诉讼sù sònglawsuit
• 诉说sù shuōto recount; to tell of; to relate
• 诉苦sù kǔto grumble; to complain; grievance
• 诉诸sù zhūto appeal (to reason, sentiment, charity etc); to resort to (a course of action)
• 诉状sù zhuàngindictment; plea; complaint
• 诉求sù qiúto demand; to call for; to petition; demand; wish; request; to promote one's brand…
• 诉述sù shùto narrate; to tell of
• 诉愿sù yuànto appeal; an appeal (law)
• 诉诸公论sù zhū gōng lùnto appeal to the public
• 诉讼中sù sòng zhōngpendente lite; during litigation
• 诉讼法sù sòng fǎprocedural law
• 诉冤sù yuānto complain; to vent one's grievances

Words containing 诉

• 告诉gào sùto press charges; to file a complaint
• 投诉tóu sùto lodge a complaint
• 起诉qǐ sùto sue; to bring a lawsuit against; to prosecute
• 倾诉qīng sùto say everything (that is on one's mind)
• 上诉shàng sùto appeal (a judicial case); appeal
• 申诉shēn sùto file a complaint; to appeal (to an authority, a higher court of justice etc); complaint
• 控诉kòng sùto accuse; to denounce; to make a complaint against
• 哭诉kū sùto lament; to complain tearfully; to wail accusingly
• 民事诉讼mín shì sù sòngcommon plea; civil appeal (as opposed to criminal case)
• 公诉gōng sùpublic prosecution; criminal prosecution
• 败诉bài sùto lose a lawsuit
• 胜诉shèng sùto win a court case
• 公诉人gōng sù réndistrict attorney; public prosecutor; procurator
• 起诉书qǐ sù shūindictment (law); statement of charges (law)
• 刑事诉讼法xíng shì sù sòng fǎcriminal procedure
• 主诉zhǔ sù(medicine) to complain of; a patient's brief account of their illness; (law) main suit…
• 分诉fēn sùto narrate; to explain; to justify oneself
• 反诉fǎn sùcounterclaim; countercharge (law)
• 客诉kè sùcustomer complaint; to complain about a company's product or service
• 应诉yìng sù(of a defendant) to respond to a charge; to defend oneself
• 自诉zì sùprivate prosecution (law); (of a patient) to describe (one's symptoms)
• 起诉员qǐ sù yuánprosecutor
• 起诉者qǐ sù zhě(law) plaintiff (in a civil case); prosecutor (in a criminal case)
• 上诉法院shàng sù fǎ yuànappeals court

Characters that look like 诉

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 词cíword; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty…
• 诗shīpoem; poetry; verse
• 侍shìto serve; to attend upon
• 诡guǐ(bound form) sly; crafty; (literary) weird; bizarre; (literary) contradictory…
• 讳huìto avoid mentioning; taboo word; name of deceased emperor or superior
• 诃hēto scold

Sounds the same

Read sù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 速fast; rapid; quick
• 塑to model (a figure) in clay; (bound form) plastic (i.e. the synthetic material)
• 素raw silk; white; plain, unadorned
• 宿lodge for the night; old; former
• 肃respectful; solemn; to eliminate
• 粟millet; (metonym) grain
• 溯to go upstream; to trace the source
• 夙morning; early; long-held
• 愫guileless; sincere
• 簌used in 簌簌
• 嗉the crop of a bird
• 僳used in 傈僳

Where 诉 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 2 Characters · Set 5 (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.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read sù correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.