"Tell" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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告诉 gào su to tell / to inform / to let know
交代 jiāo dài to transfer (duties to sb else) / to give instructions / to tell (sb to do sth) / to explain / to give an account / to brief / to confess / to account for oneself / (jocular) to come to a bad end
吩咐 fēn fù to tell / to instruct / to command
关照 guān zhào to take care / to keep an eye on / to look after / to tell / to remind
嘱咐 zhǔ fù to tell / to exhort / injunction
言语 yán yu to speak / to tell
辨别 biàn bié to distinguish / to differentiate / to discern / to recognize / to tell
吐露 tǔ lù to tell / to disclose / to reveal
知会 zhī huì to inform / to tell / to notify / notification
教 jiào religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell
告 gào (bound form) to say / to tell / to announce / to report / to denounce / to file a lawsuit / to sue
语 yù (literary) to tell / to let (sb) know
陈 chén to lay out / to exhibit / to display / to narrate / to state / to explain / to tell / old / stale
诉 sù to complain / to sue / to tell
述 shù (bound form) to state / to tell / to narrate / to relate
谂 shěn to know / to reprimand / to urge / to long for / to tell / to inform
道出 dào chū to speak / to tell / to voice
愬 sù complain / sue / tell
晓示 xiǎo shì to tell / to notify
告语 gào yǔ to inform / to tell
告诵 gào sòng to tell / to inform
偱 xún to tell
告送 gào song (dialect) to tell / to inform
告儿 gào r (coll.) to tell
算准 suàn zhǔn to calculate precisely / to identify / to discern / to tell
吩咐 fēn fu to tell / to instruct / to command
分别 fēn bié to part / to leave each other / to distinguish / to tell apart / difference / distinction / in different ways / differently / separately / individually
说话 shuō huà to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word
难道 nán dào don't tell me ... / could it be that...?
叙述 xù shù to relate (a story or information) / to tell or talk about / to recount / narration / telling / narrative / account
说实话 shuō shí huà to speak the truth / truth to tell / frankly
诉说 sù shuō to recount / to tell of / to relate / (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history)
外传 wài chuán to tell others (a secret) / to divulge to an outsider / to be rumored
算命 suàn mìng fortune-telling / to tell fortune
说谎 shuō huǎng to lie / to tell an untruth
告之 gào zhī to tell sb / to inform
撒谎 sā huǎng to tell lies
说不上 shuō bu shàng to be unable to say or tell / to not be worth mentioning
实话实说 shí huà shí shuō to tell the truth / to tell it as it is
告状 gào zhuàng to tell on sb / to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc) / to bring a lawsuit
细说 xì shuō to tell in detail
难说 nán shuō hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) / cannot bring oneself to say it
敬告 jìng gào to tell respectfully / to announce reverentially
妄言 wàng yán lies / wild talk / to tell lies / to talk nonsense / fantasy (literature)
看相 kàn xiàng to tell fortune by reading the subject's facial features
妄语 wàng yǔ to tell lies / to talk nonsense / lies / nonsense
搬弄是非 bān nòng shì fēi to incite a quarrel (idiom) / to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief
扯谎 chě huǎng to tell a lie
语 yú to tell to
透 tòu (bound form) to penetrate / to seep through / to tell secretly / to leak / thoroughly / through and through / to appear / to show
虚虚实实 xū xū shí shí hard to tell if it's real or sham
不知凡几 bù zhī fán jǐ one can't tell how many / numerous similar cases
不识好歹 bù shí hǎo dǎi unable to tell good from bad (idiom) / undiscriminating
不足为外人道 bù zú wéi wài rén dào no use to tell others / let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
咬人狗儿不露齿 yǎo rén gǒu r bù lù chǐ lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom) / fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.
拔毛连茹 bá máo lián rú lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
搬唇递舌 bān chún dì shé to pass on stories (idiom) / to sow dissension / to blab / to tell tales
死无对证 sǐ wú duì zhèng the dead cannot testify (idiom) / dead men tell no tales
篝火狐鸣 gōu huǒ hú míng to tell fox ghost stories around a bonfire and incite rebellion / an uprising is afoot (idiom)
不辨菽麦 bù biàn shū mài lit. cannot tell beans from wheat (idiom) / fig. ignorant of practical matters
好道 hǎo dào don't tell me ... / could it be that...?
打卦 dǎ guà to tell sb's fortune using divinatory trigrams
批命 pī mìng to tell sb's fortune
拔茅茹 bá máo rú lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
拔茅连茹 bá máo lián rú lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
挑拨是非 tiǎo bō shì fēi to incite a quarrel (idiom) / to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief
搬口 bān kǒu to pass on stories (idiom) / to sow dissension / to blab / to tell tales
眼见为实，耳听为虚 yǎn jiàn wéi shí , ěr tīng wéi xū to believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself. / It ain't necessarily so.
诉述 sù shù to narrate / to tell of
认人 rèn rén to recognize people (of babies) / to be able to tell people apart
说得上 shuō de shàng can be counted or regarded as / to be able to tell or answer / to deserve mention
隐病不报 yǐn bìng bù bào not to tell others of one's illness
黑白不分 hēi bái bù fēn can't tell black from white (idiom) / unable to distinguish wrong from right
逢人便讲 féng rén biàn jiǎng to tell anybody one happens to meet
天地良心 tiān dì liáng xīn in all honesty / truth to tell
据实以告 jù shí yǐ gào to report according to the facts / to tell the truth / to tell it like it is
无话不谈 wú huà bù tán not to hold anything back (idiom) / (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything
鬼话连篇 guǐ huà lián piān to tell one lie after another (idiom) / to talk nonsense / bogus story
实不相瞒 shí bù xiāng mán truth to tell / to be quite honest...
看得出 kàn de chū can see / can tell
说真的 shuō zhēn de to tell the truth / honestly / in fact
说老实话 shuō lǎo shi huà to be honest / to tell the truth / to be frank
不足为外人道 bù zú wèi wài rén dào (idiom) no need to tell others / let's keep this between ourselves / also pr. [bu4zu2 wei2 wai4ren2 dao4]
无话不说 wú huà bù shuō (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything
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