告知

Chinese

		to tell; to inform; to say	to know; to be aware
simp. and trad. (告知)		告	知

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gàozhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou³ zi¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kò-ti

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gao³ zai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gàozhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gàojhih
    • Wade–Giles: kao⁴-chih¹
    • Yale: gàu-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gawjy
    • Palladius: гаочжи (gaočži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou³ zi¹
    • Yale: gou jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou³ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou³ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯³³ t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-ti
    • Tâi-lô: kò-ti
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koirdy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ko²¹⁻⁵³ ti⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ko⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ti³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko²¹⁻⁵³ ti⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹⁻⁵³ ti⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ ti⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gao³ zai¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kàu tsai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sai³³/

Verb

告知

1. to inform; to notify

Synonyms

• 佈告／布告 (bùgào) (literary)
• 公告 (gōnggào)
• 公布 (gōngbù)
• 告示 (gàoshì) (literary)
• 報信／报信 (bàoxìn)
• 奉告 (fènggào)
• 宣告 (xuāngào)
• 宣布 (xuānbù)
• 宣明 (xuānmíng)
• 懸／悬 (xuán) (literary, or in compounds)
• 打招呼 (dǎ zhāohū)
• 拍招呼 (Hokkien)
• 披露 (pīlù)
• 揭示 (jiēshì)
• 曉諭／晓谕 (xiǎoyù) (literary)
• 發布／发布 (fābù)
• 通告 (tōnggào)
• 通知 (tōngzhī)
• 頒布／颁布 (bānbù)
• 頒發／颁发 (bānfā)
• 頒降／颁降 (bānjiàng) (literary)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (告知):

• → Japanese: 告知(こくち) (kokuchi)
• → Korean: 고지(告知) (goji)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
告	知
こく Grade: 5	ち Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
吿知 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こくち [kòkúchí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟̊ᵝt͡ɕi]

Noun

告(こく)知(ち) • (kokuchi) 

1. notice, announcement

Derived terms

• 告知者(こくちしゃ) (kokuchisha): herald; announcer