承诺

Character by character

• 承chéng8 strokesHSK 4inherit, receive; succeed
• 诺nuò10 strokesHSK 6 traditional 諾promise; assent, approve

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 她承诺给我打电话。

  Tā chéng nuò gěi wǒ dǎ diàn huà

  She's promised to give me a ring.

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• 我们什么都不能承诺。

  Wǒ men shén me dōu bù néng chéng nuò

  We can't promise anything.

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• 我做到了我承诺要为他们做的事情。

  Wǒ zuò dào le wǒ chéng nuò yào wèi tā men zuò de shì qing

  I did what I promised to do for them.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 承诺. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 承认chéng rènHSK 4

  to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge

• 承担chéng dānHSK 4

  to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc)

• 承受chéng shòuHSK 4

  to bear; to support; to inherit

• 继承jì chéngHSK 5

  to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc); to carry on (a tradition etc)

• 承办chéng bànHSK 5

  to undertake; to accept a contract

• 诺言nuò yánHSK 7

  promise

• 承载chéng zàiHSK 7

  to bear the weight; to sustain

• 传承chuán chéngHSK 7

  to pass on (to future generations); passed on (from former times); a continued tradition; an inheritance

• 承包chéng bāoHSK 7

  to contract; to undertake (a job)

• 秉承bǐng chéngHSK 7

  to take orders; to receive commands; to carry on (a tradition)