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坦白 tǎnbái

坦白 tǎnbái Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 坦白 tǎnbái .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tǎnbái | tan3 bai2
English translation
honest
forthcoming
to confess

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Traditional form

坦白 tǎnbái

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 坦白 tǎnbái

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tǎn

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and dàn represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

dàn

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

土旦

Number of Strokes

8
Bái

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Origin unclear. Used in ancient texts to mean "white" and "hundred" ( Bǎi ).

Positional decomposition

⿻?

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 坦白 tǎnbái

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坦白 tǎnbái de shuì , 愿意 yuànyì 留下来.

Frankly, I'd just as lief stay.

可以 kěyǐ 坦白 tǎnbái 地说我们 wǒmen 最差 de 顾问 gùwèn zhēng 不到 bù dào 一分钱

I make it no secret that our worst consultants earn nothing.

这场比赛 bǐsài hěn chā 坦白 tǎnbái dào

"I played a very bad match," he confessed.

de 坦白 tǎnbái 引起 yǐnqǐ le 人们 rén men 嘲讽 cháo fěng de jiào

His confession was greeted with derisive hoots.

自己 zìjǐ 坦白 tǎnbái de 瘾君子 yǐn jūn zǐ zài 13 yuè qián bèi 逮捕 dàibǔ

The self-confessed drug addict was arrested 13 months ago.

坦白 tǎnbái Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 坦白 tǎnbái and their own compounds.

坦白 tǎnbái Compounds

See all 263 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 坦白 tǎnbái in their composition.

  • tǎn
    • Bái
      • de
        • ,
      • yuán
        • yuàn , yuán , yuán , yuán , yuán , yuán , , , , , , , , ,
      • pāi
      • Bǎi
        • bǎi
          • 宿
            • suō , xu , suō , , suō , ,
        • shì
        • , , bǎi kè , fēng , bǎi wǎ , bǎi , bǎi mǐ , , , , , , , ,
      • Huáng
        • huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huǎng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , , , , , , , , , ,
      • bǎi
      • quán
        • xiàn , xún , quán , , , , , xiàn , , , , ,
      • dōu
      • jiē
        • xié , xié , kǎi , kāi , jiē , xié , jiē , jiē , kǎi , xié , , , , , , , kǎi , , ,
      • zào
        • zào , zào ,
      • hào
        • hào
        • 綿 mián
          • , ,
        • mián , jǐn , mián , , , bāng , 淿, , jǐn
      • gāo
        • áo , háo , gāo , , , , ,
        • yào ,
          • gài ,
        • qīng , jiù , ,
      • zào
      • mào
      • jiǎo
        • , yāo , jiǎo , jiǎo , jiào , , jiǎo , , , , qiào , jiǎo , , , , , qiào , jiǎo , , , ,
        • yào , , , , , , , shuò , , , , , , shuò ,
        • gāo , , ,
        • xīng , jiào
        • zhě , , zhé , , , , , , shè , , , , ,
      • , , , , , , guī , , ái , , jiǎo , , , , , , é , wǎn , qiàn , hào , , jiǎo , , piǎo , jiào , , , , , , , , qié , , , , , , , ái , , , , , , , , , ,
      • , , , , , , , ,
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