自白

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	to explain; to state
simp. and trad. (自白)		自	白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìbái

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ baak⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chīr-pia̍k / chū-pe̍k / chū-pe̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìbái
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhbái
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-pai²
    • Yale: dz̀-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhbair
    • Palladius: цзыбай (czybaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ baak⁶
    • Yale: jih baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² paːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-pia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tsīr-pia̍k
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² piak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-pe̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-pi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxpek
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ piɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ piɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ piɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ piɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-pe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-pe̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxpeh
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ peʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ peʔ⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 自白

1. confession

Verb

自白

1. to confess
2. to make oneself clear; to justify one's position
3. to brag

Synonyms

• (to confess): 承認／承认 (chéngrèn), 交代 (jiāodài), 供認／供认 (gòngrèn), 坦白 (tǎnbái), 招供 (zhāogòng), 招認／招认 (zhāorèn), 自供 (zìgòng)

See also

• 供詞／供词 (gòngcí)
• 供狀／供状 (gòngzhuàng)
• 自供狀／自供状 (zìgòngzhuàng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
自	白
じ Grade: 2	はく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

自(じ)白(はく) • (jihaku) 

1. confession
   • 1926, 平林初之輔, 予審調書:

     ところが、あなたの小細工(こざいく)が犯人(はんにん)の自白(じはく)を早(はや)めたのです。

     Tokoroga, anata no kozaiku ga hannin no jihaku o hayameta no desu.

     By the way, your trick made the criminal confess earlier.

Verb

自(じ)白(はく)する • (jihaku suru) suru (stem 自(じ)白(はく)し (jihaku shi), past 自(じ)白(はく)した (jihaku shita))

1. confess

Conjugation

Conjugation of "自白する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	自白し	じはくし	jihaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	自白し	じはくし	jihaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	自白する	じはくする	jihaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	自白する	じはくする	jihaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	自白すれ	じはくすれ	jihaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	自白せよ¹ 自白しろ²	じはくせよ¹ じはくしろ²	jihaku seyo¹ jihaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	自白される	じはくされる	jihaku sareru
Causative	自白させる 自白さす	じはくさせる じはくさす	jihaku saseru jihaku sasu
Potential	自白できる	じはくできる	jihaku dekiru
Volitional	自白しよう	じはくしよう	jihaku shiyō
Negative	自白しない	じはくしない	jihaku shinai
Negative continuative	自白せず	じはくせず	jihaku sezu
Formal	自白します	じはくします	jihaku shimasu
Perfective	自白した	じはくした	jihaku shita
Conjunctive	自白して	じはくして	jihaku shite
Hypothetical conditional	自白すれば	じはくすれば	jihaku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
自	白

Noun

自白 • (jabaek) (hangeul 자백)

1. Hanja form^? of 자백 (“confession”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
自	白

Noun

自白

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