HSK 6 · Verbs

发誓 fāshì “to swear” in Chinese

Traditional 發誓

What 发誓 means

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

How to say 发誓

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale发fā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale誓shì4th tone, falling

发誓 in a sentence

  1. 我发誓我什么也没做。

    Wǒ fāshì wǒ shénme yě méi zuò.

    I swear I didn’t do anything.

    Sentence #5967321 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他发誓要戒烟。

    Tā fāshì yào jièyān.

    He vowed to give up smoking.

    Sentence #332445 from Tatoeba

  3. 两个恋人发誓永远相爱。

    Liǎng ge liànrén fāshì yǒngyuǎn xiāng'ài.

    The two lovers swore to love each other for eternity.

    Sentence #9953359 from Tatoeba

How 发誓 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 发 (fā) drawn as one shape
发fāto send out

发 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 誓 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
誓shìoath
  • 折to break · shé
  • 言speech · yán

How to write 发誓

发 5 strokes · 誓 14 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

发誓 (fāshì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 发誓 (fāshì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 发誓

Words with 发

发fā · send out发烧fāshāo · have a fever头发tóufa · hair on the head发现fāxiàn · discover发生fāshēng · to happen发展fāzhǎn · development理发lǐfà · to get a haircut出发chūfā · to set off沙发shāfā · sofa发言fāyán · to make a speech

Words with 誓

宣誓xuānshì · to take an oath

More words: Thinking & Talking

发觉fājué · to discover反驳fǎnbó · to refute反思fǎnsī · to reflect on反问fǎnwèn · to ask a rhetorical question分辨fēnbiàn · to distinguish吩咐fēnfù · to instruct附和fùhè · to echo (someone’s views)告辞gàocí · to take leave

FAQs

发誓 (fāshì) means “to swear” or “to vow”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fāshì: fā with a 1st tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 发誓 is written 發誓. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fashi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 发誓 from the suggestions. Typing fashi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
发誓 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.