No. 3,991 in Chinese
供稱
To confess or state one's account (usually in a legal context).
In a sentence
警方表示嫌疑人供稱其當晚確實在案發地點出現過。
The police stated that the suspect confessed that they were indeed at the crime scene that night.
In this sentence, "供稱" is used to denote admitting or confessing something, particularly in a formal or legal context.
在調查中，他供稱自己曾見到失蹤的人。
During the investigation, he confessed to having seen the missing person.
Here, "供稱" illustrates the act of voluntarily stating or claiming something during an investigation or legal process.
那些文件中，張某供稱他多年來都在從事非法交易。
In those documents, Zhang admitted that he had been engaged in illegal transactions for years.
This usage shows "供稱" as a verb relating to the admission or declaration of actions, often specific to formal situations.
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