# 自白
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zìbái
    (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄅㄞˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^6$ baak$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chū-pe̍k / chīr-pia̍k / chū-pe̍h
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zìbái
*** Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄅㄞˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zìhbái
*** Wade–Giles: tzŭ$^4$-pai$^2$
*** Yale: dz̀-bái
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhbair
*** Palladius: цзыбай (czybaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^6$ baak$^6$
*** Yale: jih baahk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^6$ baak$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^6$ bag$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː²² paːk̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-pe̍k
*** Tâi-lô: tsū-pi̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuxpek
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ piɪk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ piɪk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ piɪk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ piɪk̚¹²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-pia̍k
*** Tâi-lô: tsīr-pia̍k
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² piak̚²⁴/
** (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

自白
* confession

### Verb

自白
* to confess
* to make oneself clear; to justify one's position

#### Synonyms

* (to confess):
* 交代 (jiāodài)
* 供認／供认 (gòngrèn) (one's crimes)
* 坦白 (tǎnbái)
* 承認／承认 (chéngrèn)
* 招
* 招供 (zhāogòng) (one's crimes)
* 招認／招认 (zhāorèn) (one's crimes)
* 自供 (zìgòng)

#### Derived terms

* 自白書／自白书 (zìbáishū)

#### See also

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

## Japanese

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

### Noun

自(じ)白(はく) • (jihaku)
* 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))
* confess

#### Conjugation

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 ||||

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 自 | 白 |

### Noun

自白 • (jabaek) (hangeul 자백)
* hanja form of 자백 (“confession”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 自 | 白 |

### Noun

自白
* chữ Hán form of tự bạch (“self-expression”).