Chinese symbol for “forthcoming”
坦白
tǎn bái
honest; forthcoming; to confess
The closest CC-CEDICT match for forthcoming is 坦白 (tǎn bái), defined as: honest; forthcoming; to confess.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “forthcoming”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 坦白.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 坦克 | tǎn kè | (loanword) tank (military vehicle); (derog.) (slang) overweight woman |
| 坦诚 (坦誠) | tǎn chéng | candid; frank |
| 平坦 | píng tǎn | level; even |
| 坦言 | tǎn yán | to say candidly; to acknowledge frankly |
| 坦率 | tǎn shuài | frank; candid; straightforward |
| 明白 | míng bai | clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable |
| 白色 | bái sè | white; fig. reactionary |
| 白人 | bái rén | white man or woman; Caucasian |
See also: Japanese symbol for “forthcoming”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.