"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
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 to say / to tell / to announce / to report / to denounce / to file a lawsuit / to sue
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 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
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...?
看不出 kàn bu chū can't see / can't make out / unable to tell
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
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
语 yù to tell to
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.
耳听为虚，眼见为实 ěr tīng wéi xū , yǎn jiàn wéi shí Take what you hear to be false, only believe it when you see it (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
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