Chinese symbol for “lawsuit”
诉讼
sù sòng
Traditional: 訴訟
lawsuit
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lawsuit is 诉讼 (sù sòng), defined as: lawsuit.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “lawsuit”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 官司 | guān si | lawsuit; 场 (cháng) |
| 讼案 (訟案) | sòng àn | lawsuit |
| 官非 | guān fēi | lawsuit (from Cantonese) |
| 词讼 (詞訟) | cí sòng | lawsuit; legal case |
| 状 (狀) | zhuàng | (bound form) form; appearance; shape; (bound form) state; condition |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 诉讼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 告诉 (告訴) | gào sù | to press charges; to file a complaint |
| 起诉 (起訴) | qǐ sù | to sue; to bring a lawsuit against |
| 投诉 (投訴) | tóu sù | to lodge a complaint |
| 上诉 (上訴) | shàng sù | to appeal (a judicial case); appeal |
| 诉讼法 (訴訟法) | sù sòng fǎ | procedural law |
| 民事诉讼 (民事訴訟) | mín shì sù sòng | common plea; civil appeal (as opposed to criminal case) |
| 讼案 (訟案) | sòng àn | lawsuit |
| 涉讼 (涉訟) | shè sòng | to be involved in a lawsuit |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lawsuit”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.