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告兒

简告儿 · 繁告兒

Mandarin · pinyin gào r

(coll.) to tell

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告: gào · tell, announce, inform; accuse
兒: ér · son, child, oneself; final part
儿: ér · son, child; Kangxi radical 10

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4–5 · gao4 r5

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verb

(Beijing Mandarin, Nanjing Mandarin) Lenition of 告訴／告诉 (gàosu, “to tell; to inform”).

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