告 (gào) means Tell (inform - announce). Below are 24 of the 59 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
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
她负责公司的广 告 。
Tā fùzé gōngsī de guǎnggào.
She is in charge of the company's advertising.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 负责
这个广 告 很有意思。
Zhège guǎnggào hěn yǒu yìsi.
This advertisement is very clever.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 广告
他正在写工作报 告 。
Tā zhèngzài xiě gōngzuò bàogào.
He is writing a work report.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 报告
告 别的时候她哭了。
Gàobié de shíhou tā kū le.
She cried when saying goodbye.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 告别
请转 告 他明天开会。
Qǐng zhuǎngào tā míngtiān kāi huì.
Please tell him there is a meeting tomorrow.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 转告
他起身向主人 告 辞。
Tā qǐshēn xiàng zhǔrén gàocí.
He rose and said goodbye to his host.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 告辞
招标公 告 已经发布。
Zhāobiāo gōnggào yǐjīng fābù.
The invitation to tender has been published.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 招标
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
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
电视上的广 告 太多了。
Diànshì shàng de guǎnggào tài duō le.
There are too many adverts on television.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 广告
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
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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
有一次，我已经很累了，同事又让我帮他做一份报 告 。
yǒu yīcì, wǒ yǐjīng hěn lèi / léi / lěi le / liǎo / liào, tóngshì yòu ràng wǒ bāng tā zuò yī fèn bàogào.
Once, when I was already exhausted, a colleague asked me to do a report for him.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
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
请看验货报 告 。
Qǐng kàn yànhuò bàogào.
Please see the inspection report.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
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
告 appears in 59 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 告
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Questions about 告
How is 告 used in a sentence?
This page shows 59 sentences using 告 (gào, "Tell (inform - announce)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 告 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 告 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 告?
The dictionary page for 告 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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