表白
biǎobái
to confess; to state one's feelings or position
Characters in this word
白 bái
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 白 — white
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他没有急于表白，而是先把两人之间的误会解释清楚。 Tā méiyǒu jíyú biǎobái, ér shì xiān bǎ liǎng rén zhījiān de wùhuì jiěshì qīngchu. He did not rush to confess his feelings, but first cleared up the misunderstanding between them.
- 他鼓起勇气，在朋友们面前向她表白。 Tā gǔ qǐ yǒngqì, zài péngyoumen miànqián xiàng tā biǎobái. He plucked up his courage and confessed his feelings to her in front of their friends.
- 她想表白自己的清白，可是没有人愿意听。 Tā xiǎng biǎobái zìjǐ de qīngbái, kěshì méiyǒu rén yuànyì tīng. She wanted to declare her innocence, but nobody was willing to listen.
Related words
- 表 biǎo watch
- 表示 biǎoshì to express; to show
- 手表 shǒubiǎo wristwatch
- 表达 biǎodá to express
- 表格 biǎogé form; table
- 表面 biǎomiàn surface
- 表明 biǎomíng to show; to make clear
- 表现 biǎoxiàn to perform; to show how one does
- 表演 biǎoyǎn to perform; performance
- 代表 dàibiǎo representative; to represent
- 代表团 dàibiǎotuán delegation
- 发表 fābiǎo to publish; to express publicly