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承诺

chéng nuò

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 承諾

承诺 (chéng nuò) means "to promise". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 承诺 means

1. to promise
2. to undertake to do something
3. commitment

The characters in 承诺

• 承chéngto bear; to carry; to hold
• 诺nuòto consent; to promise; (literary) yes!

Example sentences

• 他信守了承诺.
  He stuck to his promise.
• 承诺是不够的。
  Promises aren't enough.
• 她总是信守承诺。
  She always keeps her promises.
• 我总是信守承诺。
  I always keep promises.
• 那是汤姆承诺的。
  That's what Tom promised.
• 他信守了他的承诺。
  Tāxìn shǒu le tā de chéngnuò.
  He kept his promise.

Where 承诺 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · chēng–chí (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 chéng nuò correctly.
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