诉 (sù) means Complain (sue - tell). Below are 21 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
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
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
他因诽谤他人被起 诉 。
Tā yīn fěibàng tārén bèi qǐsù.
He was sued for defaming another person.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 诽谤
双方最终走上了 诉 讼。
Shuāngfāng zuìzhōng zǒu shàng le sùsòng.
The two sides ended up in litigation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 诉讼
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
诉 讼费用由败 诉 方承担。
Sùsòng fèiyòng yóu bàisù fāng chéngdān.
The costs of the suit are borne by the losing party.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 诉讼
顾客对服务提出了投 诉 。
Gùkè duì fúwù tíchū le tóusù.
The customer made a complaint about the service.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 投诉
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
公司认真处理了这次投 诉 。
Gōngsī rènzhēn chǔlǐ le zhè cì tóusù.
The company dealt with this complaint seriously.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 投诉
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.
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Words that contain 诉
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Questions about 诉
How is 诉 used in a sentence?
This page shows 21 sentences using 诉 (sù, "Complain (sue - tell)"), 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 诉 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 诉 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 诉?
The dictionary page for 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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