发 誓

fāshì

“To vow” in Chinese is 发誓 (fāshì).

Meaning

to vow
to pledge
to swear

Example

他发誓要戒烟。

He vowed to give up smoking.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

fāHSK 25 strokesto send out shìHSK 7-914 strokesoath

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