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宣誓

xuān shì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

宣誓 (xuān shì) means "to swear an oath (of office); to make a vow". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 宣誓 means

1. to swear an oath (of office)
2. to make a vow

The characters in 宣誓

• 宣xuānto declare (publicly); to announce
• 誓shìoath; vow; to swear

Example sentences

• 我向国旗宣誓效忠。
  I pledge allegiance to the flag.
• 骑士宣誓效忠于国王。
  Qíshì xuānshì xiàozhōng yú guówáng.
  The knight swears an oath of allegiance to the King.
• 下个月是他们的五十周年纪念，他们打算重新宣誓。
  Next month is their 50th anniversary, and they're planning on renewing their vows.

Words starting with 宣誓

• 宣誓书xuān shì shūaffidavit
• 宣誓就职xuān shì jiù zhíto swear the oath of office
• 宣誓证言xuān shì zhèng yánsworn testimony
• 宣誓供词证明xuān shì gòng cí zhèng míng(law) affidavit; deposition

Sounds the same

Read xuān shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 宣示to vow; to pledge

Where 宣誓 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · xuǎn–xù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xuān shì correctly.
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