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–Hong Kong, Jyutping): taan² baak⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): han² bak⁵

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

  (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): /tʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • 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/
• Southern Min
  • (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

• 了當／了当 (liǎodàng)
• 坦率 (tǎnshuài)
• 實誠／实诚 (shíchéng) (colloquial)
• 忠厚 (zhōnghòu)
• 憨厚 (hānhòu)
• 憨實／憨实 (hānshí)
• 憨直 (hānzhí)
• 敞快 (chǎngkuai)
• 暢快／畅快 (chàngkuài)
• 樸實／朴实 (pǔshí)
• 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)
• 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

• 交代 (jiāodài)
• 供認／供认 (gòngrèn) (one's crimes)
• 承認／承认 (chéngrèn)
• 招
• 招供 (zhāogòng) (one's crimes)
• 招認／招认 (zhāorèn) (one's crimes)
• 自供 (zìgòng)
• 自白 (zìbái)

 

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^[1], page 15