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誓

shì

HSK 6 Character

What 誓 means

1. oath
2. vow
3. to swear
4. to pledge

Example sentences

• 他发誓要戒烟。
  He vowed to give up smoking.
• 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.
• 我发誓我什幺也没做。
  I swear I didn't do anything.
• 两个恋人发誓永远相爱。
  Liǎng gè liànrén fāshì yǒngyuǎn xiāng'ài.
  The two lovers swore to love each other for eternity.
• 我发誓我不会做这种事。
  I swear I will never do such a thing.

Words starting with 誓

• 誓言shì yánto pledge; to promise; oath
• 誓死shì sǐto pledge one's life
• 誓师shì shīto vow before one's troops
• 誓约shì yuēoath; vow; pledge
• 誓绝shì juéto abjure; to swear to quit
• 誓词shì cíoath; pledge
• 誓不两立shì bù liǎng lìthe two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences…
• 誓死不从shì sǐ bù cóngto vow to die rather than obey (idiom)
• 誓死不降shì sǐ bù xiángto vow to fight to the death
• 誓不反悔shì bù fǎn huǐto vow not to break one's promise

Words containing 誓

• 发誓fā shìto vow; to pledge; to swear
• 宣誓xuān shìto swear an oath (of office); to make a vow
• 信誓旦旦xìn shì dàn dànto make a solemn vow
• 起誓qǐ shìto vow; to swear an oath
• 海誓山盟hǎi shì shān méngto pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love; to swear by all the Gods
• 作誓zuò shìto pledge
• 恶誓è shìevil oath
• 盟誓méng shìoath of alliance
• 监誓jiān shìto administer an oath
• 宣誓书xuān shì shūaffidavit
• 监誓人jiān shì rénoath administrator; oath supervisor
• 宣誓就职xuān shì jiù zhíto swear the oath of office
• 宣誓证言xuān shì zhèng yánsworn testimony
• 山盟海誓shān méng hǎi shìto pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love; to swear by all the Gods
• 盟山誓海méng shān shì hǎito pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love; to swear by all the Gods
• 宣誓供词证明xuān shì gòng cí zhèng míng(law) affidavit; deposition
• 赌咒发誓dǔ zhòu fā shìto vow

Characters built on 折

These share the phonetic component 折 (zhé), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 逝shì(of flowing water or time) to pass by; to pass away; to die
• 踅chìwalk with one leg

Characters that look like 誓

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 管guǎnto take care (of); to control; to manage
• 雷léithunder; (bound form; military) mine, as in 地雷; (colloquial) to shock; to stun; to astound
• 誉yùto praise; to acclaim; reputation
• 蓄xùto store up; to grow (e.g. a beard); to entertain (ideas)
• 赘zhuì(bound form) superfluous; (bound form) (of a man) to move into the household of one's…
• 霄xiāofirmament; heaven

Sounds the same

Read shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 是to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
• 事matter; thing; item
• 视(literary, or bound form) to look at
• 室room; work unit; grave
• 世life; age; generation
• 市market; city; municipality (administrative unit)
• 试to test; to try; experiment
• 式type; form; pattern
• 示to show; to reveal
• 适to fit; suitable; proper
• 士member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor
• 释to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼