gung1 cing1供稱供称
Jyutpinggung1 cing1
Yalegūng chīng
Definition
To state or confess in a legal deposition, statement, or testimony.
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How it's used
This term is almost exclusively reserved for formal legal or police contexts. It carries a heavy, serious tone that implies an official statement made under oath or during an interrogation. You would never use it to describe a casual admission of guilt between friends.
Examples
The defendant confessed in court that he did not commit murder.
Was he lying when he gave his testimony?
Related words
Common phrases
confessed that he/she himself/herself
confessed in court
Common mistake
Do not use this to mean a casual confession of feelings or secrets. For those situations, use 認 or 講出嚟 instead.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
