🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

投诉

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tóusù

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Complaint/kəmˈpleɪnt/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"她对糟糕的服务提出了投诉。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A statement that something is wrong or not satisfactory.

    "She filed a complaint about the poor service at the restaurant."
  2. 2

    An expression of dissatisfaction or annoyance about something.

    "His complaint about the noise was heard by the management."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'complaint' originates from the Latin 'complaintem', meaning 'to express sorrow or grief'. It evolved through Old French 'compleinte', which carried the sense of expressing dissatisfaction or grievance, leading to its current usage in English since the late Middle Ages.

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