"complain" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
投诉投訴	tóu sù	complaint / to complain / to register a complaint (esp. as a customer)
抱怨	bào yuàn	to complain / to grumble / to harbor a complaint / to feel dissatisfied	syn
埋怨	mán yuàn	to complain / to grumble (about) / to reproach / to blame	syn
牢骚牢騷	láo sāo	discontent / complaint / to complain	syn
告状告狀	gào zhuàng	to tell on sb / to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc) / to bring a lawsuit	syn
叫苦	jiào kǔ	to whine about hardships / to complain of one's bitter lot / to complain / to grumble
诉苦訴苦	sù kǔ	to grumble / to complain / grievance
诉訴	sù	to complain / to sue / to tell	syn
诉冤訴冤	sù yuān	to complain / to vent one's grievances
诼諑	zhuó	to complain
愬	sù	complain / sue / tell
犯嘀咕	fàn dí gu	to hesitate / to have second thoughts / to be concerned / to brood (over sth) / to complain	syn
嗔怨	chēn yuàn	to complain / to reproach
怨叹怨嘆	yuàn tàn	to complain / to grumble

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
尽管儘管	jǐn guǎn	despite / although / even though / in spite of / unhesitatingly / do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc) / (go ahead and do it) without hesitating	syn
哭诉哭訴	kū sù	to lament / to complain tearfully / to wail accusingly
叫苦不迭	jiào kǔ bu dié	to complain without stopping (idiom) / to bitch endlessly / incessant grievances	syn
叫屈	jiào qū	to complain of an injustice / to lament sb's misfortune	syn
哭穷哭窮	kū qióng	to bewail one's poverty / to complain about being hard up / to pretend to be poor
生不逢时生不逢時	shēng bù féng shí	born at the wrong time (idiom) / unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate) / born under an unlucky star / ahead of his time	syn
吐苦水	tǔ kǔ shuǐ	to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth / fig. to complain bitterly / to pour out one's sufferings
嘟哝不平嘟噥不平	dū nong bù píng	to constantly complain (idiom)
怨命	yuàn mìng	to complain about one's fate / to bemoan one's lot
装穷叫苦裝窮叫苦	zhuāng qióng jiào kǔ	to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken (idiom)
鸣冤叫屈鳴冤叫屈	míng yuān jiào qū	to complain bitterly	syn
端起碗吃肉，放下筷子骂娘端起碗吃肉，放下筷子罵娘	duān qǐ wǎn chī ròu , fàng xià kuài zi mà niáng	lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom) / fig. to complain despite being privileged / to be ungrateful for what one has been given
客诉客訴	kè sù	customer complaint / to complain about a company's product or service
主诉主訴	zhǔ sù	(medicine) to complain of / a patient's brief account of their illness / (law) main suit / principal claim
无病呻吟無病呻吟	wú bìng - shēn yín	(idiom) to moan and groan despite not being sick / to feign illness / to complain without cause / (of writing) to indulge in confected sentimentality	syn

The four tones