# 告白
## Chinese

* 告白 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 告白 (搞清楚) (Cantonese)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gàobái
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˋ ㄅㄞˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gou$^3$ baak$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ko-pha̍k
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kò-pe̍h
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gàobái
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˋ ㄅㄞˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gàobái
*** Wade–Giles: kao$^4$-pai$^2$
*** Yale: gàu-bái
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gawbair
*** Palladius: гаобай (gaobaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑʊ̯⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gou$^3$ baak$^6$
*** Yale: gou baahk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gou$^3$ baak$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gou$^3$ bag$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kou̯³³ paːk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko-pha̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: go pag
*** Hagfa Pinyim: go$^4$ pag$^6$
*** 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
* to confess
* to declare one's love

### Noun

告白
* confession
* declaration of love
* statement; declaration
* notice; bulletin
* (Cantonese) advertisement
    賣告白／卖告白 [Guangzhou Cantonese] ― maai$^6$ gou$^3$ baak$^6$ [Jyutping] ― to advertise
** 1969, 潘藩, directed by 陸邦, 相思甜如蜜 [My Sweetheart]‎, spoken by 陳維才 (高魯泉 [Ko Lo Chuen]):
       cin$^1$ lei$^5$ hoeng$^1$ cau$^3$ wu$^4$ seoi$^2$ aa$^3$, ngo$^5$ dei$^6$ tung$^4$ keoi$^5$ dang$^1$ zo$^2$ gei$^2$ do$^1$ cin$^4$ gou$^3$ baak$^6$ aa$^3$? [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: [ko̞kɯ̟̊ha̠kɯ̟]

### Noun

告(こく)白(はく) • (kokuhaku)
* confession
* 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))
* to confess
* to profess one's love, to confess one's feelings to someone

#### Conjugation

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

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 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)
* hanja form of 고백 (“confession”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 告 | 白 |

### Verb

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