He confessed that he was guilty.
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承认
Traditional: 承認
chéng rèn
HSK 3.0 · 4HSK 2.0 · 5
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chéng rèn · sing4 jing6 (Jyutping)
- to admit
- to concede
- to recognize
- recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc)
- to acknowledge
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
I admit I'm wrong.
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