发誓 meaning in English

fāshì

to vow; to pledge

HSK 7-9Traditional 發誓19 strokes

Meaning of 发誓

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

fāshì
  1. to vow
  2. to pledge
  3. to swear

发誓 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ发fā誓shì再zài也yě不bù和hé她tā说shuō话huà了le。
I vowed that I would never speak to her again.
我wǒ发fā誓shì我wǒ什shén么me也yě没méi做zuò。
I swear I didn't do anything.
汤tāng姆mǔ和hé玛mǎ丽lì发fā誓shì他tā们men不bú会huì去qù做zuò。
Tom and Mary vowed they'd never do it.
我wǒ对duì汤tāng姆mǔ发fā誓shì我wǒ不bú会huì说shuō任rèn何hé话huà了le。
I promised Tom I wouldn't say anything.
他tā发fā誓shì要yào戒jiè烟yān。
He vowed to give up smoking.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

发 fā · to send out · 5 strokes

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誓 shì · to swear · 14 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 发誓.

发现fāxiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect
出发chūfāto set off; to start (on a journey); (fig.) to proceed from (a particular standpoint or ba
头发tóufahair (on the head)
发生fāshēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 發生問題|发生问题[fa1 sheng1 wen4 ti2] "a probl
发展fāzhǎndevelopment; growth
发出fāchūto issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let ou
发明fāmíngto invent; an invention
沙发shāfā(loanword) sofa (CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1]); (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post
发表fābiǎoto issue; to publish
发动fādòngto start; to launch
发送fāsòngto transmit; to dispatch
开发kāifāto exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop

Questions about 发誓

What does 发誓 mean?

发誓 (fāshì) means "to vow; to pledge".

How do you write 发誓?

发誓 is made of 2 characters: 发 (5 strokes), 誓 (14 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 发誓 an HSK word?

Yes. 发誓 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 发誓 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 发誓 is written 發誓.