Meaning of 坦白
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
tǎnbái
- honest
- forthcoming
- to confess
坦白 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
坦白地说，我不喜欢你的发型。
Frankly speaking, I don't like your haircut.
我该不该跟她坦白我的过去？
Should I make a confession of my past to her?
“坦白说，我有恐高症。”“你是个胆小鬼！”
"To tell you the truth, I am scared of heights." "You are a coward!"
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
坦 tǎn · flat · 8 strokes
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白 bái · white · 5 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 坦白.
| 明白 | míngbai | clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable |
| 白天 | báitiān | daytime; during the day |
| 白色 | báisè | white; fig. reactionary |
| 白菜 | báicài | Chinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); sometimes used to re |
| 白酒 | báijiǔ | baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum; (Tw) white wine (abbr. for 白葡萄酒[bai2 pu2 |
| 平坦 | píngtǎn | level; even |
| 白领 | báilǐng | white-collar; white-collar worker |
| 坦克 | tǎnkè | (loanword) tank (military vehicle); (derog.) (slang) overweight woman |
| 坦诚 | tǎnchéng | candid; frank |
| 白白 | báibái | in vain; to no purpose |
| 空白 | kòngbái | blank space |
| 表白 | biǎobái | to explain oneself; to express |
Questions about 坦白
What does 坦白 mean?
坦白 (tǎnbái) means "honest; forthcoming" and is used as a adjective and verb.
How do you write 坦白?
坦白 is made of 2 characters: 坦 (8 strokes), 白 (5 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.
Is 坦白 an HSK word?
Yes. 坦白 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.