告 (gou3 guk1 | gao4) : inform; proclaim; prosecute; ask for

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告

gou3 guk1

gao4

[粵] gou3 | [國] gao4
[1] inform; notify; report to
[2] proclaim; declare; announce
[3] prosecute; sue; accuse
[4] complain about; tell on
[5] ask for; request; solicit

[粵] guk1 | [國] gao4
advise; counsel; admonish

Stroke count: 7

Level: 1

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

告

Don't confuse with:
吉古

This word has been viewed 11558 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 26th Jul 2013 02:43

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廣告 gwong2 gou3 guang3 gao4 = advertisement; ad

告白 gou3 baak6 = [1] advertisement [2] public statement

佈告 bou3 gou3 bu4 gao4 = a notice; a bulletin

警告 ging2 gou3 jing3 gao4 = to warn; to caution

報告 bou3 gou3 bao4 gao4 = to report

告訴 gou3 sou3 gao4 su5 = to tell 國

被告 bei6 gou3 bei4 gao4 = the accused

賣告白 maai6 gou3 baak6 = to advertise 粵

預告 jyu6 gou3 yu4 gao4 = advanced notice

原告 jyun4 gou3 yuan2 gao4 = complaint; plaintiff
See all 63 compounds (CantoDict reports 77 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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天氣預告話聽日有驟雨。粵
The weather forecast says it will shower tomorrow.

我哋幾個夾手夾腳，好快就做完份報告書粵
We will be able to complete the report very soon with everyone's help and cooperation.

乜呢張廣告貼到周街都係㗎! 粵
This advertisement is being posted all over the place!

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Decimal representation of this word: 告
Unicode code for this character: U+544a (off-site link)

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