坦白

坦白

Chinese

		flat; open-hearted; level flat; open-hearted; level; smooth	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
simp. and trad. (坦白)		坦	白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎnbái

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˇ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): taan² baak⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): han² bak⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thán-pha̍k
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): thán-pia̍k / thán-pe̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tang² bêh⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎnbái
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˇ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎnbái
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan³-pai²
    • Yale: tǎn-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taanbair
    • Palladius: таньбай (tanʹbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: taan² baak⁶
    • Yale: táan baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taan² baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tan² bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːn³⁵ paːk̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: han² bak⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /han⁵⁵ pak̚³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thán-pha̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: tan` pag
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tan³ pag⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰan³¹ pʰak̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thán-pia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: thán-pia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tafnpiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ piak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thán-pe̍k
    • Tâi-lô: thán-pi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tafnpek
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ piɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /tʰan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /tʰan⁴²⁻²⁴ pek̚⁴³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tang² bêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tháng pe̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ peʔ⁴/

Adjective

坦白

1. honest; frank; candid; straightforward

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 坦白

坦率 (tǎnshuài) 忠厚 (zhōnghòu) 憨厚 (hānhòu) 憨直 (hānzhí) 爽快 (shuǎngkuài) 爽朗 (shuǎnglǎng) 爽直 (shuǎngzhí) 率直 (shuàizhí) 疏朗 (shūlǎng) (literary) 痛快 (tòngkuài)

直爽 (zhíshuǎng) 直率 (zhíshuài) 直白 (zhíbái) 了當／了当 (liǎodàng) 實誠／实诚 (shíchéng) (colloquial) 憨實／憨实 (hānshí) 暢快／畅快 (chàngkuài) 樸實／朴实 (pǔshí) 老實／老实 (lǎoshí)

Verb

坦白

1. to own up; confess
   1. (American (–1980) Cantonese) to admit to falsifying immigration papers (being a paper son) as part of the Chinese Confession Program

Synonyms

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交代 (jiāodài) 招 (zhāo) 招供 (zhāogòng) (one's crimes) 自供 (zìgòng)

自白 (zìbái) 供認／供认 (gòngrèn) (one's crimes) 承認／承认 (chéngrèn) 招認／招认 (zhāorèn) (one's crimes)

Derived terms

坦承 (tǎnchéng)

See also

• 供詞／供词 (gòngcí)
• 供狀／供状 (gòngzhuàng)
• 自白書／自白书 (zìbáishū)
• 自供狀／自供状 (zìgòngzhuàng)

References

• Lorraine Dong; Marlon K. Hom (1980), “Chinatown Chinese: The San Francisco Dialect”, in Amerasia‎, page 15