Definition

1. Verb:
   • To declare, to report (to authorities): To formally provide information, especially to an official or administrative body.
   • To declare (at customs): To state officially what goods you are bringing into or taking out of a country.
   • To confess (to a crime): To formally admit to having committed an offense, typically to the police.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Mọi công dân phải khai báo thông tin cá nhân khi đăng ký cư trú. (All citizens must declare their personal information when registering for residence.)
  • Anh ta đã khai báo tất cả hàng hóa khi nhập cảnh. (He declared all goods upon entry.)
  • Sau nhiều giờ thẩm vấn, nghi phạm cuối cùng đã khai báo. (After many hours of interrogation, the suspect finally confessed.)

Advanced Usage

• "Khai báo y tế": To make a health declaration.
  • Hành khách phải khai báo y tế trước khi lên máy bay. (Passengers must make a health declaration before boarding the plane.)
• "Khai báo trung thực": To declare/confess truthfully.
  • Người nộp thuế phải khai báo trung thực về thu nhập. (Taxpayers must declare their income truthfully.)

Variants and Related Words

• Khai báo lại (verb phrase): To re-declare, to declare again.
  • Bạn cần khai báo lại thông tin nếu có thay đổi. (You need to re-declare the information if there are changes.)
• Tờ khai (noun): Declaration form.
  • Hãy điền đầy đủ thông tin vào tờ khai. (Please fill out the declaration form completely.)
• Lời khai (noun): Testimony, statement (given to authorities).
  • Lời khai của nhân chứng rất quan trọng. (The witness's testimony is very important.)

Synonyms

• Trình báo (verb): To report (to authorities).
• Khai (verb): To declare, to state (often used in compound forms like - to register a birth, - to register a death).
• Thú nhận (verb): To confess, to admit (often for a wrongdoing).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Khai báo với (verb + preposition): To declare/report to (someone).
  • Bạn phải khai báo với cảnh sát về sự việc. (You must report the incident to the police.)
• Khai báo về (verb + preposition): To declare/concerning (something).
  • Công ty cần khai báo về tình hình tài chính. (The company needs to declare its financial situation.)

Related Idioms

• Khai báo gian dối: To make a false declaration.
  • Khai báo gian dối về thuế là vi phạm pháp luật. (Making a false declaration on taxes is against the law.)
• Khai báo thành khẩn: To confess sincerely/earnestly.
  • Anh ấy đã khai báo thành khẩn và được khoan hồng. (He confessed sincerely and received leniency.)

verb

1. to inform to (authorities); to confess to