告密

Chinese

		to tell; to inform; to say	secret; confidential; close secret; confidential; close; thick; dense
simp. and trad. (告密)		告	密
anagram		密告

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gàomì

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ㄇㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou³ mat⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kò͘-bi̍t / kò-bi̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gàomì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ㄇㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gàomì
  - Wade–Giles: kao⁴-mi⁴
  - Yale: gàu-mì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gawmih
  - Palladius: гаоми (gaomi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou³ mat⁶
  - Yale: gou maht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou³ mat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou³ med⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯³³ mɐt̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-bi̍t
  - Tâi-lô: kòo-bi̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: korbit
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bit̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-bi̍t
  - Tâi-lô: kò-bi̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koirbit
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko²¹⁻⁵³ bit̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ bit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹⁻⁵³ bit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ko²¹⁻⁵³ bit̚⁴/

Verb

告密

to inform against; to inform on; to lodge an accusation against

Synonyms

port (pot¹) (Cantonese, Hong Kong)
出首 (chūshǒu) (literary)
告發 / 告发 (gàofā)
報水 / 报水 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
控 (literary, or in compounds)
檢舉 / 检举 (jiǎnjǔ)
舉報 / 举报 (jǔbào)

Derived terms

告密人
告密者