告白

告白

Chinese

		to tell; to inform; to say	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
simp. and trad. (告白)		告	白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gàobái

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou³ baak⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ko-pha̍k
• Min Nan (POJ): kò-pe̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gàobái
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gawbair
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou³ baak⁶
    • Yale: gou baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou³ baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou³ bag⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kou̯³³ päːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko-pha̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: go pag
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go⁴ pag⁶
    • IPA: /ko⁵⁵ pʰak̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-pe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: kò-pe̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koirpeh
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ko²¹⁻⁵³ peʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ko⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ peʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko²¹⁻⁵³ peʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹⁻⁵³ peʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ peʔ⁴/

Verb

告白

1. to confess
2. to declare one's love

Noun

告白

1. confession
2. declaration of love
3. advertisement; notice; bulletin

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
告	白
こく Grade: 4	はく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) こくはく [kòkúhákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟ᵝha̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

告白 (hiragana こくはく, rōmaji kokuhaku)

1. confession
2. declaration of love, a confession of one's feelings toward someone

Verb

告白する (hiragana こくはくする, rōmaji kokuhaku suru)

1. to confess
2. to declare one's love, to confess one's feelings to someone

Synonyms

• (to declare one's love): 告 (こく)る (kokuru)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "告白する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	告白し	こくはくし	kokuhaku shi
Continuative (連用形)	告白し	こくはくし	kokuhaku shi
Terminal (終止形)	告白する	こくはくする	kokuhaku suru
Attributive (連体形)	告白する	こくはくする	kokuhaku suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	告白すれ	こくはくすれ	kokuhaku sure
Imperative (命令形)	告白せよ¹ 告白しろ²	こくはくせよ¹ こくはくしろ²	kokuhaku seyo¹ kokuhaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	告白される	こくはくされる	kokuhaku sareru
Causative	告白させる 告白さす	こくはくさせる こくはくさす	kokuhaku saseru kokuhaku sasu
Potential	告白できる	こくはくできる	kokuhaku dekiru
Volitional	告白しよう	こくはくしよう	kokuhaku shiyō
Negative	告白しない	こくはくしない	kokuhaku shinai
Negative continuative	告白せず	こくはくせず	kokuhaku sezu
Formal	告白します	こくはくします	kokuhaku shimasu
Perfective	告白した	こくはくした	kokuhaku shita
Conjunctive	告白して	こくはくして	kokuhaku shite
Hypothetical conditional	告白すれば	こくはくすれば	kokuhaku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
告	白

Noun

告白 • (gobaek) (hangeul 고백)

1. Hanja form^? of 고백 (“confession”).