坦
白

Honest in Chinese: 坦白 (tǎn bái)

tǎn bái

honest

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1honest
  2. 2forthcoming
  3. 3to confess

Stroke order

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坦
白

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ㄊㄢˇ

tǎn

ㄊ/ tㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

ㄅㄞˊ

bái

ㄅ/ bㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

See 坦白 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他向警察坦白了自己的错误。

    tā xiàng jǐng chá tǎn bái le zì jǐ de cuò wù。

    He confessed his mistake to the police.

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Related words

白

bái

white

明白

míng bai

clear

坦率

tǎn shuài

frank (discussion)

白天

bái tiān

daytime

白色

bái sè

white

白菜

bái cài

Chinese cabbage

白酒

bái jiǔ

baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum

平坦

píng tǎn

level

白领

bái lǐng

white-collar

白白

bái bái

in vain

表白

biǎo bái

to explain oneself

惨白

cǎn bái

deathly pale

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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