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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

告诉 [gàosù]
  1. 1. verb tell

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

告诉 [gàosù]
  1. 1. tell; let know; inform
    告诉你,下回可不许这样。
    Let me tell you, don't do it again.
    有什么消息,告诉我一声。
    Let me know if there's any news.
    告诉他们别等了。
    Tell them not to wait.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

告诉 [gàosù]
  1. 1. 起诉。
  2. 2. 说给别人听,让人了解
    请把实情告诉
    这件事谁也别告诉

Examples

只有把这件事告诉他,他心里才会安然。
He will never feel at ease unless we tell him about this.
你不妨现在就告诉他。
You might as well tell him right now.
有什么消息,告诉我一声。
Let me know if there's any news.
把她的地址告诉我,我好找她。
Tell me her address so that I can go and see her.
你有什么举动要先告诉我一声。
Let me know before you make a move.
告诉他不能去,可是他愣去。
I told him he couldn't go, but he just went.
我屡次告诉过你,你总是不听。
I've told you time and again, but you never listened.
这事慢点儿告诉他,等两天再说。
Don't tell him the news just now; wait a couple of days.

Collocations

告诉大家
to tell everybody
告诉真相
to tell the truth
详细告诉
to tell in detail
悄悄告诉
to secretly tell someone something

Word Decomposition


[gào]
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[sù]

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