Chinese symbol for “prosecute”
追诉
zhuī sù
Traditional: 追訴
to prosecute; given leave to sue
The closest CC-CEDICT match for prosecute is 追诉 (zhuī sù), defined as: to prosecute; given leave to sue.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “prosecute”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 检控 (檢控) | jiǎn kòng | to prosecute (criminal); the prosecution |
| 起诉 (起訴) | qǐ sù | to sue; to bring a lawsuit against |
| 检察 (檢察) | jiǎn chá | to inspect; (law) to prosecute |
| 办 (辦) | bàn | to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event); to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise) |
| 立案侦查 (立案偵查) | lì àn zhēn chá | to file for investigation; to prosecute (a case) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 追诉.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 追求 | zhuī qiú | to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after |
| 追踪 (追蹤) | zhuī zōng | to track; to trace; to follow up; (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media) |
| 追究 | zhuī jiū | to investigate; to look into |
| 追加 | zhuī jiā | to add something extra; an additional increment |
| 追逐 | zhuī zhú | to chase; to pursue vigorously |
| 追溯 | zhuī sù | lit. to go upstream; to trace sth back to |
| 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 |
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.