讼 (sòng): litigation
讼 (sòng) is a Chinese character meaning “litigation.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 公 (phonetic). It ranks #1843 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 讼 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).
Definitions
- litigation
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 诉讼verb | sù sòng | lawsuit |
| 讼案noun | sòng àn | lawsuit |
| 诉讼法 | sù sòng fǎ | procedural law |
| 在诉讼期间 | zài sù sòng qī jiān | pendente lite |
| 民事诉讼 | mín shì sù sòng | common plea |
| 刑事诉讼法 | xíng shì sù sòng fǎ | criminal procedure |
| 集体诉讼noun | jí tǐ sù sòng | (law) class action |
| 诉讼中 | sù sòng zhōng | pendente lite |
| 听讼verb | tīng sòng | to hear litigation (in a law court) |
| 词讼费 | cí sòng fèi | legal fees |
| 争讼verb | zhēng sòng | dispute involving litigation |
| 词讼noun | cí sòng | lawsuit |
| 包揽词讼phrase | bāo lǎn cí sòng | to canvas for lawsuits (idiom) |
| 涉讼 | shè sòng | to be involved in a lawsuit |
| 聚讼纷纭 | jù sòng fēn yún | (of a body of people) to offer all kinds of different opinions (idiom) |
讼 appears in 18 compound words: 11 as the first character, 56 as the last, and 33 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 讼 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
讼传身教是最好的教育方式。
sòng chuán shēn jiào shì zuì hǎo de jiào yù fāng shì .
Leading by example is the best form of education.
...拉被指控招聘时歧视美国公民,美法官裁定诉讼继续推进
. . . lā bèi zhǐ kòng zhāo pìn shí qí shì měi guó gōng mín , měi fǎ guān cái dìng sù sòng jì xù tuī jìn
... La was accused of discriminating against U.S. citizens in recruitment, and a U.S. judge ruled that the lawsuit continued
...I 指控 OpenAI 窃取商业机密的诉讼
. . . I zhǐ kòng O p e n A I qiè qǔ shāng yè jī mì de sù sòng
... I lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets
中方抨滥征税 势触新诉讼
zhōng fāng pēng làn zhēng shuì shì chù xīn sù sòng
China criticizes excessive taxation and is bound to lead to new lawsuits
【中环解密】日睡8小时被炒 投行分析师兴讼
zhōng huán jiě mì rì shuì 8 xiǎo shí bèi chǎo tóu háng fēn xī shī xīng sòng
【Central Decryption】Sleeping for 8 hours a day was fired and investment bank analysts filed a lawsuit
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 讠 (speech) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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