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誓 shì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shì | shi4
English translation
oath
vow
to swear
to pledge
to swear, to pledge; oath

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About 誓 shì

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

誓 shì

Contains the radical

言 yán

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

Learning hint

Words 言 yán that must not be broken 折 shé ; 折 shé also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of 誓 shì

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱折言

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 言 yán represents the meaning and 折 shé represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 誓 shì

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他们 tā men 确实 quèshí 照 zhào 他们 tā men 的 de 誓言 shì yán 做 zuò 了 le .

They have truly lived up to their pledge.

征服 zhēngfú 者 zhě 试 shì 著 zhù 让 ràng 当地人宣誓 xuānshì 放弃 fàngqì 他们 tā men 的 de 宗教 zōngjiào .

The conqueror tried to make the natives abjure their religion.

我 wǒ 发誓 fāshì 愿 yuàn 为 wéi 那些 nà xiē 不在乎 bù zài hu 我 wǒ 的 de 人 rén 冒险 màoxiǎn 陪上我的性命 xìngmìng 吗 mǎ ?

I pledge to risk my life for those who don't care about mine?

她 tā 发誓 fāshì 绝不 jué bù 再 zài 借 jiè 钱 Qián 给 gěi 别人 biéren .

She took a vow never to lend money to anyone again.

你们 nǐ men 也 Yě 该 gāi 知足 zhī zú 了 le , 我 wǒ 已经 yǐjīng 尽 jǐn 了我最 zuì 大 dà 的 de 能力 nénglì ; 我 wǒ 敢 gǎn 起誓 qǐ shì .

Content you; I can no more, on my salvation.

Words with 誓 shì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
发誓 fāshì to vow發誓
誓言 shì yán to pledge誓言 shì yán
誓 shì oath誓 shì
宣誓 xuānshì to make a vow宣誓 xuānshì
信誓旦旦 xìn shì dàn dàn to make a solemn vow信誓旦旦 xìn shì dàn dàn
誓死 shì sǐ to pledge one's life誓死 shì sǐ
起誓 qǐ shì to vow起誓 qǐ shì
宣誓就职 xuān shì jiù zhí to swear the oath of office宣誓就職
誓词 shì cí oath誓詞
海誓山盟 hǎi shì shān méng to swear by all the Gods海誓山盟 hǎi shì shān méng
山盟海誓 shān méng hǎi shì to swear by all the Gods山盟海誓 shān méng hǎi shì
誓约 shì yuē oath誓約
誓师 shì shī to vow before one's troops誓師
盟誓 méng shì oath of alliance盟誓 méng shì
赌咒发誓 dǔ zhòu fā shì to vow賭咒發誓
誓不两立 shì bù liǎng lì incompatible standpoints誓不兩立
誓死不从 shì sǐ bù cóng to vow to die rather than obey (idiom)誓死不從

誓 shì Decomposition & Compounds

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誓 shì Decomposition

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