How to pronounce gao su (告诉) in Chinese
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告诉
gào sù
Characters & meanings
to say; to tell
to tell (in 告诉)
Common mistake
Falling + weak fourth (4-4, with su usually reduced): gào drops firmly; sù is listed as a full fall but in real speech almost always lightens to gàosu.
Tone change in this word
诉 commonly reduces to neutral in speech: gàosu rather than a full gàosù.
Example sentence
请告诉我。
Qǐng gàosu wǒ.
Please tell me.
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