gào

Traditional: 告

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Translation

to tell, to announce, to report (in 告诉, 报告)

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Stroke order for 告

Examples

Please tell me your name.

He wrote a report for the boss.

Don't tell anyone this secret.

He sued that company in court.

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).

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 告.

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This word is part of lesson 101.