粵

坦taan2承sing4

taan2 sing4tǎn chéng

English

  1. to confess
  2. to admit, acknowledge or confess frankly
  3. to admit
  4. to come clean
  5. calmly

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 坦白承認某種狀況或者自己嘅行為

Examples

  • 疑犯向親人坦承一切。

    The suspect confessed everything to his relative.

  • 志華坦承對嘉美有好感。

    Chi-wah admitted his feelings for Ka-mei frankly.

  • 主席坦承現時計劃並唔完善。

    The chairperson acknowledged imperfection in the present plan.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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