HSK 6 · Society

投诉 tóusù “to complain” in Chinese

Traditional 投訴

What 投诉 means

  1. to complain
  2. to lodge a complaint

How to say 投诉

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale投tóu2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale诉sù4th tone, falling

投诉 in a sentence

  1. 我已经厌倦了你的投诉。

    Wǒ yǐjīng yànjuàn le nǐ de tóusù.

    I’m tired of your complaints.

    Sentence #835543 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 她想要投诉。

    Tā xiǎngyào tóusù.

    She wants to make a complaint.

    Sentence #10594770 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 顾客投诉量增加，可能代表生意正在走下坡。

    Gùkè tóusù liàng zēngjiā, kěnéng dàibiǎo shēngyi zhèngzài zǒu xiàpō.

    A rise in customer complaints could mean business is going downhill.

    Sentence #1248149 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 投诉 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 投 (tóu) with each of its parts in a different colour
投tóuto throw
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 殳weapon · shūSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 殳 (shū) hints at the sound. Compare it with tóu.

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

How to write 投诉

投 7 strokes · 诉 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 投诉

Words with 投

投入tóurù · to put in投资tóuzī · investment投掷tóuzhì · to throw投机tóujī · to speculate投票tóupiào · to vote投降tóuxiáng · to surrender

Words with 诉

告诉gàosu · to tell诉讼sùsòng · lawsuit

More words: Society & Law

通缉tōngjī · to put on the wanted list同志tóngzhì · comrade统治tǒngzhì · to rule投票tóupiào · to vote投降tóuxiáng · to surrender团结tuánjié · to unite团体tuántǐ · group违背wéibèi · to go against

FAQs

投诉 (tóusù) means “to complain” or “to lodge a complaint”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tóusù: tóu with a 2nd tone, then sù 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, 投诉 is written 投訴. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tousu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 投诉 from the suggestions. Typing tousu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
投诉 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.