HSK 6 · Society

原告 yuángào “plaintiff” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 原告 means

  1. plaintiff
  2. accuser
  3. complainant

How to say 原告

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale原yuán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale告gào4th tone, falling

原告 in a sentence

  1. 原告要求对方赔偿损失。

    Yuángào yāoqiú duìfāng péicháng sǔnshī.

    The plaintiff demanded compensation for the losses.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 原告和被告都来到了法庭。

    Yuángào hé bèigào dōu láidào le fǎtíng.

    Both the plaintiff and the defendant came to court.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 原告 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 原 (yuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
原yuánformer
  • 厂cliff · hǎnMeaning part
  • 泉spring · quánSound part

厂 hints at the meaning (cliff); 泉 (quán) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuán.

The character 告 (gào) with each of its parts in a different colour
告gàoto say; to tell
  • 牛cow · niú
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 原告

原 10 strokes · 告 7 strokes

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

Words related to 原告

Words with 原

原谅yuánliàng · to excuse原因yuányīn · cause原来yuánlái · original原料yuánliào · raw material原则yuánzé · principle原先yuánxiān · originally平原píngyuán · plain还原huányuán · to restore原始yuánshǐ · original原理yuánlǐ · principle

Words with 告

告诉gàosu · to tell广告guǎnggào · advertisement告别gàobié · to say goodbye转告zhuǎngào · to pass on报告bàogào · to inform告辞gàocí · to take leave告诫gàojiè · to warn警告jǐnggào · to warn被告bèigào · defendant布告bùgào · notice

More words: Society & Law

压迫yāpò · to oppress阴谋yīnmóu · plot隐私yǐnsī · privacy仪式yíshì · ceremony元首yuánshǒu · head of state贼zéi · thief战斗zhàndòu · to fight章程zhāngchéng · regulations

FAQs

原告 (yuángào) means “plaintiff” or “accuser”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yuángào: yuán with a 2nd tone, then gào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 原告 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yuangao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 原告 from the suggestions. Typing yuangao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
原告 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.