# 告訴
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): gàosu, gàosù
       (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ˙ㄙㄨ, ㄍㄠˋ ㄙㄨˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gao$^4$ su$^4$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gou$^3$ sou$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): gó̤-só
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gao$^3$ su$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$kau-su$_5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gàosu
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ˙ㄙㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gàosů
*** Wade–Giles: kao$^4$-su$^5$
*** Yale: gàu-su
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaw.su
*** Palladius: гаосу (gaosu)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑʊ̯⁵¹ su¹/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gàosù
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ㄙㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gàosù
*** Wade–Giles: kao$^4$-su$^4$
*** Yale: gàu-sù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gawsuh
*** Palladius: гаосу (gaosu)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ su⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: gao$^4$ su$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gaosu
*** Sinological IPA : /kau²¹³ su²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gou$^3$ sou$^3$
*** Yale: gou sou
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gou$^3$ sou$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gou$^3$ sou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kou̯³³ sou̯³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gó̤-só
*** Sinological IPA : /ko²¹³⁻⁵³ $^{(s-)}$lou²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gao$^3$ su$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kàu sù
*** Sinological IPA : /kau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ su²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$kau-su$_5$
*** MiniDict: kau$^去$ su$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$kau-su$_2$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɔ³³ su⁴⁴/

#### Verb

告訴
* to tell; to inform
       Qǐng bùyào xiànzài jiù gàosu tā. [Pinyin]
       Please don't tell him yet.
       Wǒ bàba gàosu le wǒ yào qù nǎr. [Pinyin]
       My dad told me where to go.
       Wǒ háiyǒu yī jiàn hěn zhòngyào de shìqíng yào gàosu nǐ. [Pinyin]
       I still have one very important thing to tell you.
       Nǐ bǎ zhè shì gàosu tā, tā bìrán tiàojiǎo. [Pinyin]
       If you tell this to her, she will definitely go mad.
    From: 朱自清, 《匆匆》
    Nǐ cōngmíng de, gàosu wǒ, wǒmen de rìzi wèishénme yī qù bù fùfǎn ne? [Pinyin]
    You the wise, tell me, why should our days leave us, never to return?

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 告訴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 告送 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 告訴 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 告送, 告訴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 說給 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 給……說 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 告信 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 告送 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 給……講 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 話……知 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 話……知, 話畀……知, 話……聽, 話畀……聽 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 話……知, 話知 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 告送 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 話……知 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 同……講 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 同……講 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 摎……講 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 同……講 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 同……講 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 拁……講 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 告, 告給 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 邀……話 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 共……講 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 共……講 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 共……說 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 共……講 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 共……講 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 共……講 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 共……講 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 共……說, 共……講 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 個……呾 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 佮……呾 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 告訴 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 告送, 告訴 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 告送 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 匄……講, 告訴 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 告送 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 話耗, 講耗, 告耗 |

##### See also

* 告兒／告儿 (gàor)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gàosù
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ㄙㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gou$^3$ sou$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ko-su
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kò-sò͘ / kò͘-sò͘
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$kau-su
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gàosù
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ㄙㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gàosù
*** Wade–Giles: kao$^4$-su$^4$
*** Yale: gàu-sù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gawsuh
*** Palladius: гаосу (gaosu)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ su⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gou$^3$ sou$^3$
*** Yale: gou sou
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gou$^3$ sou$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gou$^3$ sou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kou̯³³ sou̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko-su
*** Hakka Romanization System: go su
*** Hagfa Pinyim: go$^4$ su$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ko⁵⁵ su⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-sò͘
*** Tâi-lô: kò-sòo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koirsox
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ sɔ²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko²¹⁻⁵³ sɔ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹⁻⁵³ sɔ¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-sò͘
*** Tâi-lô: kòo-sòo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: korsox
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɔ⁴¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$kau-su
*** MiniDict: kau$^去$ su
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$kau-su
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɔ³³ su⁴⁴/

#### Verb

告訴
* (formal, law) to file a lawsuit against someone (especially minor offences that requires the victim's consent to prosecute.)
    From: 2017, 中华人民共和国刑法 (Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China), 第二百五十七条 (article 257)
    Dìyī kuǎn zuì, gàosù de cái chǔlǐ. [Pinyin]
    Those committing crimes stipulated in the first paragraph of this article are to be investigated only if they are sued.

##### Synonyms

* 告
* 告狀／告状 (gàozhuàng)
* 打官司
* 指控 (zhǐkòng)
* 控告 (kònggào)
* 控訴／控诉 (kòngsù)
* 檢控／检控 (jiǎnkòng) (chiefly Hong Kong)
* 爭訟／争讼 (zhēngsòng) (to litigate to resolve a dispute)
* 訴訟／诉讼 (sùsòng)
* 訴追／诉追 (sùzhuī)
* 起訴／起诉 (qǐsù)
* 追訴／追诉 (zhuīsù)

##### Derived terms

* 告訴乃論／告诉乃论 (gàosùnǎilùn)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 告 | 訴 |
| こく Grade: 5 | そ Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 吿訴 (kyūjitai)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こくそ [kóꜜkùsò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ko̞kɯ̟̊so̞]

### Noun

告(こく)訴(そ) • (kokuso)
* accusation, charge, lawsuit

### Verb

告(こく)訴(そ)する • (kokuso suru) suru (stem 告(こく)訴(そ)し (kokuso shi), past 告(こく)訴(そ)した (kokuso shita))
* accuse, charge
* sue, bring a case against

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 告 | 訴 |

### Noun

告訴 • (goso) (hangeul 고소)
* hanja form of 고소 (“accusation, charge, accuse, charge”)