告白

Chinese

		to tell; to inform; to say	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
trad. (告白/吿白)		告/吿	白
simp. (告白)		告	白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gàobái

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou³ baak⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ko-pha̍k
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kò-pe̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gàobái
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gàobái
    • Wade–Giles: kao⁴-pai²
    • Yale: gàu-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gawbair
    • Palladius: гаобай (gaobaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou³ baak⁶
    • Yale: gou baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou³ baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou³ bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯³³ paːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko-pha̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: go pag
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go⁴ pag⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ko⁵⁵ pʰak̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò-pe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: kò-pe̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koirpeh
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko¹¹⁻⁵³ peʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ peʔ⁴/

Verb

告白

1. to confess
2. to declare one's love

Noun

告白

1. confession
2. declaration of love
3. statement; declaration
4. notice; bulletin
5. (Cantonese) advertisement

   賣告白／卖告白 [Guangzhou Cantonese]  ―  maai⁶ gou³ baak⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to advertise

   • 1969, 潘藩, directed by 陸邦, 相思甜如蜜 [My Sweetheart]‎^[1], spoken by 陳維才 (高魯泉 [Ko Lo Chuen]):

     千里香臭狐水啊，我哋同佢登咗幾多錢告白啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     千里香臭狐水啊，我哋同佢登咗几多钱告白啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     cin¹ lei⁵ hoeng¹ cau³ wu⁴ seoi² aa³, ngo⁵ dei⁶ tung⁴ keoi⁵ dang¹ zo² gei² do¹ cin⁴ gou³ baak⁶ aa³? [Jyutping]

     As for the thousand-mile-fragrant deodorant, how much have we advertised it for?

Synonyms

• (statement): 陳述／陈述 (chénshù), 聲明／声明 (shēngmíng)
• (notice):

• 啟事／启事 (qǐshì)
• 文告 (wéngào)
• 通告 (tōnggào)
• 通知 (tōngzhī)

 

• (advertisement): 廣告／广告 (guǎnggào)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
告	白
こく Grade: 5	はく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
吿白 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こくはく [kòkúhákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟̊ᵝha̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

告(こく)白(はく) • (kokuhaku) 

1. confession
2. declaration of love, a confession of one's feelings toward someone

Verb

告(こく)白(はく)する • (kokuhaku suru) suru (stem 告(こく)白(はく)し (kokuhaku shi), past 告(こく)白(はく)した (kokuhaku shita))

1. to confess
2. to profess one's love, to confess one's feelings to someone

Conjugation

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

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

Synonyms

• (to declare one's love): (slang) 告(こく)る (kokuru)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
告	白

Noun

告白 • (gobaek) (hangeul 고백)

1. Hanja form^? of 고백 (“confession”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
告	白

Verb

告白

1. chữ Hán form of cáo bạch (“to notify; announce”).