(gào) - to tell, to announce, to report (in 告诉, 报告) in Mandarin
gàoTraditional: 告
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Translation
to tell, to announce, to report (in 告诉, 报告)
Word origin
Traditionally analysed as 牛 (ox) over 口 (mouth), an utterance announced aloud, giving the senses to tell, to announce and to report. It appears in 告诉 (to tell) and 报告 (report).
- Origin
- ideographic compound
- Root
- 牛 (ox) + 口 (kou, mouth)
Stroke order
告
Examples
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Please tell me your name.
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He wrote a report for the boss.
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Don't tell anyone this secret.
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He sued that company in court.
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I want to tell him something.
告 (gào) means to tell, to announce, or to report. It is a bound morpheme in everyday speech, anchoring 告诉 (to tell) and 报告 (report).
Appears in 3 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 告.
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