告密

Chinese

		to tell; to inform; to say	secret; confidential; close secret; confidential; close; thick; dense
simp. and trad. (告密)		告	密
anagram		密告

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gàomì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ㄇㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou³ mat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kò͘-bi̍t / kò-bi̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gàomì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ㄇㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gàomì
    • Wade–Giles: kao⁴-mi⁴
    • Yale: gàu-mì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gawmih
    • Palladius: гаоми (gaomi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou³ mat⁶
    • Yale: gou maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou³ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou³ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯³³ mɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-bi̍t
    • Tâi-lô: kòo-bi̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: korbit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bit̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-bi̍t
    • Tâi-lô: kò-bi̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koirbit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ko²¹⁻⁵³ bit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko²¹⁻⁵³ bit̚¹²¹/

Verb

告密

1. to inform against; to inform on; to lodge an accusation against

Synonyms

• port (pot¹) (Cantonese, Hong Kong)
• 出首 (chūshǒu) (literary)
• 告發／告发 (gàofā)
• 報水／报水 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 控 (literary, or in compounds)
• 檢舉／检举 (jiǎnjǔ)
• 舉報／举报 (jǔbào)

 

Derived terms

• 告密人
• 告密者