tell

告诉

gào su

To communicate information to a person or group identified as recipient.

Standard Mapping

Use tell for 告诉 when a recipient is present. The initial generator profile is disabled pending recipient-pattern review.

Correct: Mother tell family → 妈妈告诉家人。

Incorrect: Treat tell as interchangeable with say in every context.

Reason: Tell selects recipient semantics.

Mother tell family → 妈妈告诉家人。

Treat tell as interchangeable with say in every context.

Tell selects recipient semantics.