表白

Chinese

		surface; exterior; to watch surface; exterior; to watch; to show; express; an example; a list or table; a meter; a watch; chart; external	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
simp. and trad. (表白)		表	白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biǎobái

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): biu² baak⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): piáu-pia̍k / piáu-pe̍k / piáu-pe̍h / piáu-pe̍eh

  (Teochew, Peng'im): biou² bêh⁸ / biao² bêh⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biǎobái
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biǎobái
    • Wade–Giles: piao³-pai²
    • Yale: byǎu-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beaubair
    • Palladius: бяобай (bjaobaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: biu² baak⁶
    • Yale: bíu baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: biu² baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: biu² bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːu̯³⁵ paːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piáu-pia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: piáu-pia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piaw'piak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ piak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piáu-pe̍k
    • Tâi-lô: piáu-pi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piaw'pek
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ piɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /piau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piáu-pe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: piáu-pe̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piaw'peh
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ peʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piáu-pe̍eh
    • Tâi-lô: piáu-pe̍eh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɛʔ¹²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: biou² bêh⁸ / biao² bêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pióu pe̍h / piáu pe̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piou⁵²⁻³⁵ peʔ⁴/, /piau⁵²⁻³⁵ peʔ⁴/

Verb

表白

1. to express or state clearly; to explain; to clarify; to explain oneself
2. (specifically) to reveal or confess the true state of one's thoughts or feelings, especially one's love for another person

   被表白  ―  bèi biǎobái  ―  to be confessed to

3. (literary) to come clean