告
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gào · to tell, to inform, to announce

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HSK 3.0 · Level 7-9Frequency #3092
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7Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 告

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gàoWords pronounced gào
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Example sentences

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Tā men gào sù wǒ zhè shì nǐ de cuò.他们告诉我这是你的错。

They told me it was your fault.

Source: Tatoeba #5856756 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ dú le wǒ de bào gào le ma?你读了我的报告了吗?

Have you read my report?

Source: Tatoeba #9415224 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ méi yǒu bié de yào gào sù nǐ.我没有别的要告诉你。

I have nothing else to tell you.

Source: Tatoeba #10484374 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ gào sù guò nǐ bú yào zài lái zhè lǐ le.我告诉过你不要再来这里了。

I told you never to come here again.

Source: Tatoeba #8832695 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè jiàn shì qíng bú shì nǐ gào sù wǒ de.这件事情不是你告诉我的。

It wasn't you who told me about this.

Source: Tatoeba #2737445 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā gào sù tā tā shì duì de.他告诉他她是对的。

He told him that she was right.

Source: Tatoeba #10230467 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 告 in context

  1. Say gào, then recall the core meaning: to tell, to inform, to announce.
  2. Write all 7 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Use it in 告诉 (gào su), meaning “to tell”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 告 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.