He confessed to the murder.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
供认
to confess
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to confess
02
confession
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 供认 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 供认 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Tom confessed to murdering Mary.
The man finally confessed.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 供认.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 供认.
Directly before
- 他供认1
- 最终供认1
- 汤姆供认1
Directly after
- 供认了2
- 供认是1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 供认
What does 供认 mean in Chinese?
供认 (gòngrèn) means to confess.
How do you pronounce 供认?
供认 is pronounced gòngrèn.
Is 供认 an HSK word?
供认 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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