告诫 meaning in English

gàojiè

to warn; to admonish

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 告誡16 strokes

Meaning of 告诫

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

gàojiè
  1. to warn
  2. to admonish

告诫 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā告gào诫jiè他tā们men不bú要yào吵chǎo闹nào。
He admonished them for being noisy.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

告 gào · to say · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
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  7. 7

诫 jiè · to warn · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
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  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 告诫.

告诉gàosuto press charges; to file a complaint
广告guǎnggàoto advertise; a commercial
报告bàogàoto inform; to report
告别gàobiéto leave; to part from; to bid farewell to; to say goodbye to
转告zhuǎngàoto pass on; to communicate
警告jǐnggàoto warn; to admonish
公告gōnggàopost; announcement
被告bèigào(law) the defendant; the accused
原告yuángàocomplainant; plaintiff
告知gàozhīto inform; to notify
控告kònggàoto accuse; to charge; to indict
告辞gàocíto say goodbye; to take one's leave

Questions about 告诫

What does 告诫 mean?

告诫 (gàojiè) means "to warn; to admonish" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 告诫?

告诫 is made of 2 characters: 告 (7 strokes), 诫 (9 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 告诫 an HSK word?

Yes. 告诫 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 告诫 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 告诫 is written 告誡.