Read Edit View history 起诉 qǐsù HSK6 sue Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 起诉 (起訴) qǐsù sue verb to initiate a civil legal action or bring a lawsuit against a party 由于对方违反合同，他决定起诉那家公司。 yóuyú duìfāng wéifǎn hétong, tā juédìng qǐsù nà jiā gōngsī. He decided to sue the company because they breached the contract. prosecute verb to bring formal criminal charges against a defendant in a court of law 检察院已正式起诉该犯罪嫌疑人。 jiǎncháyuàn yǐ zhèngshì qǐsù gāi fànzuì xiányírén. The procuratorate has officially indicted the suspect. Frequency Movie subtitles 53.6 per million appears in 14% of films Written text 22.4 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 6 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
起诉 (起訴) qǐsù sue verb to initiate a civil legal action or bring a lawsuit against a party 由于对方违反合同，他决定起诉那家公司。 yóuyú duìfāng wéifǎn hétong, tā juédìng qǐsù nà jiā gōngsī. He decided to sue the company because they breached the contract. prosecute verb to bring formal criminal charges against a defendant in a court of law 检察院已正式起诉该犯罪嫌疑人。 jiǎncháyuàn yǐ zhèngshì qǐsù gāi fànzuì xiányírén. The procuratorate has officially indicted the suspect. Frequency Movie subtitles 53.6 per million appears in 14% of films Written text 22.4 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 6 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)