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Chinese
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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)
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坦
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白
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Pronunciation
Adjective
坦白
- 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
- to own up; confess
- (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
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References
- Lorraine Dong, Marlon K. Hom (1980) “Chinatown Chinese: The San Francisco Dialect”, in Amerasia, page 15