Chinese symbol for “sue”
起诉
qǐ sù
Traditional: 起訴
to sue; to bring a lawsuit against; to prosecute
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sue is 起诉 (qǐ sù), defined as: to sue; to bring a lawsuit against; to prosecute.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sue”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 提告 | tí gào | (law) to sue |
| 状告 (狀告) | zhuàng gào | to sue; to take to court |
| 控 | kòng | to control; to accuse |
| 诉 (訴) | sù | to complain; to sue |
| 告 | gào | (bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 起诉.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 起来 (起來) | qǐ lai | to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2] |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 引起 | yǐn qǐ | to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse |
| 看起来 (看起來) | kàn qǐ lai | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be |
| 想起 | xiǎng qǐ | to recall; to think of |
| 告诉 (告訴) | gào sù | to press charges; to file a complaint |
| 诉讼 (訴訟) | sù sòng | lawsuit |
| 投诉 (投訴) | tóu sù | to lodge a complaint |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sue”.
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.