告诉 (gàosu) means Tell (say). Below are 16 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他 告诉 我明天不上班。
Tā gàosu wǒ míngtiān bú shàngbān.
He told me there is no work tomorrow.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 告诉
有事赶快 告诉 我。
Yǒu shì gǎnkuài gàosu wǒ.
Tell me at once if anything happens.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 赶快
我有一件事想 告诉 你。
Wǒ yǒu yí jiàn shì xiǎng gàosu nǐ.
There is something I want to tell you.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 件
请 告诉 我见面的地点。
Qǐng gàosu wǒ jiànmiàn de dìdiǎn.
Please tell me where we are meeting.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 地点
请 告诉 我你是否同意。
Qǐng gàosu wǒ nǐ shìfǒu tóngyì.
Please tell me whether you agree.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 是否
请 告诉 我准确的时间。
Qǐng gàosu wǒ zhǔnquè de shíjiān.
Please tell me the exact time.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 准确
实话 告诉 你，我不同意。
Shíhuà gàosu nǐ, wǒ bù tóngyì.
To tell you the truth, I do not agree.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 实话
她悄悄 告诉 了我一个秘密。
Tā qiāoqiāo gàosu le wǒ yí ge mìmì.
She quietly told me a secret.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 悄悄
他答应替我保密，一直没 告诉 别人。
Tā dāying tì wǒ bǎo mì, yìzhí méi gàosu biéren.
He promised to keep my secret and never told anyone.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 保密
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From the graded readers
她看了很久，然后一个一个地 告诉 我他们是谁。
tā kànle hěn jiǔ, ránhòu yīgè yīgè dì / de gàosu wǒ tāmen shì shéi.
She looked at it for a long time, then told me one by one who they were.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
我把辞职的想法 告诉 家里的时候，爸爸非常生气。
wǒ bǎ cízhí de / dì xiǎngfǎ gàosu jiālǐ de / dì shíhou, bàba fēicháng shēngqì.
When I told my family I was thinking of resigning, my father was furious.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
我把这个想法 告诉 几个朋友的时候，反应差不多都一样。
wǒ bǎ zhège xiǎngfǎ gàosu jǐge péngyou de / dì shíhou, fǎnyìng chàbuduō dōu yíyàng.
When I told a few friends the idea, the reaction was much the same from all of them.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
后来有一天，另一个朋友 告诉 我：那天小林的手机被弟弟拿去玩了。
hòulái yǒu yī tiān, lìngyī gè péngyou gàosu wǒ: nà / nèi tiān xiǎo lín de / dì shǒujī bèi dìdi ná qù wán / wàn le / liǎo / liào.
Then one day another friend told me that Xiaolin's phone had been taken by her younger brother that day.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
From the travel phrasebook
下次来一定 告诉 我。
Xià cì lái yídìng gàosu wǒ.
Tell me next time you're in town.
Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch
Questions about 告诉
How is 告诉 used in a sentence?
This page shows 16 sentences using 告诉 (gàosu, "Tell (say)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 告诉 an HSK word?
Yes — 告诉 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 告诉?
The dictionary page for 告诉 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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