DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

民事訴訟

简民事诉讼 · 繁民事訴訟

Mandarin · pinyin mín shì sù sòng

common plea
civil appeal (as opposed to criminal case)

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

民: mín · people, subjects, citizens
事: shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
訴: Look up this written character
訟: Look up this written character
诉: sù · accuse; sue; inform; narrate
讼: sòng · accuse; argue, dispute; litigate

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2–4–4–4 · min2 shi4 su4 song4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

民事訴訟 · find source passages ↗ · 民事诉讼 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗