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起诉

qǐ sù

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 起訴

起诉 (qǐ sù) means "to sue; to bring a lawsuit against; to prosecute". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 起诉 means

1. to sue
2. to bring a lawsuit against
3. to prosecute

The characters in 起诉

• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up
• 诉sùto complain; to sue; to tell

Example sentences

• 警察起诉他盗窃。
  Jǐngchá qǐsù tā dàoqiè.
  The police accused him of theft.
• 你应该起诉汤姆。
  You should sue Tom.

Words starting with 起诉

• 起诉书qǐ sù shūindictment (law); statement of charges (law)
• 起诉员qǐ sù yuánprosecutor
• 起诉者qǐ sù zhě(law) plaintiff (in a civil case); prosecutor (in a criminal case)

Sounds the same

Read qǐ sù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 起粟to get goose bumps

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qǐ sù correctly.
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