# 告状 (gàozhuàng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 告状 (gàozhuàng) means “to tell on somebody; to complain”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to tell on somebody; to complain
- Pinyin: gàozhuàng (gao4 zhuang4)
- Traditional: 告狀
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 小男孩去找老师告状了。
  Xiǎo nánhái qù zhǎo lǎoshī gàozhuàng le.
  The little boy went to the teacher to tell on him.

## Characters

- [告](https://hanziro.com/word/gao-sue/) (gào): to sue; to tell
- 状 (zhuàng): form; appearance; shape; state; condition

https://hanziro.com/word/gao-zhuang-tell-on-somebody/

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