HSK 6 · Society

诉讼 sùsòng “lawsuit” in Chinese

Traditional 訴訟

What 诉讼 means

  1. lawsuit
  2. litigation

How to say 诉讼

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale诉sù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale讼sòng4th tone, falling

诉讼 in a sentence

  1. 这场诉讼持续了两年。

    Zhè chǎng sùsòng chíxù le liǎng nián.

    This lawsuit went on for two years.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他们决定通过法律诉讼解决问题。

    Tāmen juédìng tōngguò fǎlǜ sùsòng jiějué wèntí.

    They decided to settle the matter through legal action.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 诉讼 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 诉 (sù) with each of its parts in a different colour
诉sùto complain
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 斥to scold · chì
The character 讼 (sòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
讼sònglitigation
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 公fair · gōngSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 公 (gōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with sòng.

How to write 诉讼

诉 7 strokes · 讼 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

诉讼 (sùsòng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 诉讼 (sùsòng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 诉讼

Words with 诉

告诉gàosu · to tell投诉tóusù · to complain

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FAQs

诉讼 (sùsòng) means “lawsuit” or “litigation”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it sùsòng: sù with a 4th tone, then sòng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 诉讼 is written 訴訟. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type susong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 诉讼 from the suggestions. Typing susong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
诉讼 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.