告知

Chinese

		to tell; to inform; to say	to know; to be aware
simp. and trad. (告知)		告	知

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gàozhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou³ zi¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kò-ti

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gao³ zai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gàozhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gàojhih
    • Wade–Giles: kao⁴-chih¹
    • Yale: gàu-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gawjy
    • Palladius: гаочжи (gaočži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou³ zi¹
    • Yale: gou jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou³ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou³ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯³³ t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-ti
    • Tâi-lô: kò-ti
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koirdy
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ko²¹⁻⁵³ ti⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ko⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ti³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko²¹⁻⁵³ ti⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹⁻⁵³ ti⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ ti⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gao³ zai¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kàu tsai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sai³³/

Verb

告知

1. to inform; to notify

Synonyms

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• 佈告 / 布告 (bùgào) (literary)
• 公告 (gōnggào)
• 公布 (gōngbù)
• 告示 (gàoshì) (literary)
• 報信 / 报信 (bàoxìn)
• 奉告 (fènggào)
• 宣告 (xuāngào)
• 宣布 (xuānbù)
• 宣明 (xuānmíng)
• 懸 / 悬 (xuán) (literary, or in compounds)
• 打招呼 (dǎ zhāohū)
• 拍招呼 (Hokkien)
• 披露 (pīlù)
• 揭曉 / 揭晓 (jiēxiǎo)
• 揭示 (jiēshì)
• 曉諭 / 晓谕 (xiǎoyù) (literary)
• 發布 / 发布 (fābù)
• 通告 (tōnggào)
• 通知 (tōngzhī)
• 頒布 / 颁布 (bānbù)
• 頒發 / 颁发 (bānfā)
• 頒降 / 颁降 (bānjiàng) (literary)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (告知):

• → Japanese: 告知(こくち) (kokuchi)
• → Korean: 고지(告知) (goji)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
告	知
こく Grade: 5	ち Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
吿知 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こくち [kòkúchí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟̊t͡ɕi]

Noun

告(こく)知(ち) • (kokuchi) 

1. notice, announcement; disclosure

Derived terms

• 告知者(こくちしゃ) (kokuchisha, “person making a report”)

Verb

告(こく)知(ち)する • (kokuchi suru) transitive suru (stem 告(こく)知(ち)し (kokuchi shi), past 告(こく)知(ち)した (kokuchi shita))

1. announce; notify

Conjugation

Conjugation of "告知する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	告知し	こくちし	kokuchi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	告知し	こくちし	kokuchi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	告知する	こくちする	kokuchi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	告知する	こくちする	kokuchi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	告知すれ	こくちすれ	kokuchi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	告知せよ¹ 告知しろ²	こくちせよ¹ こくちしろ²	kokuchi seyo¹ kokuchi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	告知される	こくちされる	kokuchi sareru
Causative	告知させる 告知さす	こくちさせる こくちさす	kokuchi saseru kokuchi sasu
Potential	告知できる	こくちできる	kokuchi dekiru
Volitional	告知しよう	こくちしよう	kokuchi shiyō
Negative	告知しない	こくちしない	kokuchi shinai
Negative continuative	告知せず	こくちせず	kokuchi sezu
Formal	告知します	こくちします	kokuchi shimasu
Perfective	告知した	こくちした	kokuchi shita
Conjunctive	告知して	こくちして	kokuchi shite
Hypothetical conditional	告知すれば	こくちすれば	kokuchi sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “告知”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026