HSK 6 · Verbs

承诺 chéngnuò “to promise” in Chinese

Traditional 承諾

What 承诺 means

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

How to say 承诺

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale承chéng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale诺nuò4th tone, falling

承诺 in a sentence

  1. 她承诺给我打电话。

    Tā chéngnuò gěi wǒ dǎ diànhuà.

    She promised to give me a call.

    Sentence #2886096 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我们什么都不能承诺。

    Wǒmen shénme dōu bùnéng chéngnuò.

    We can’t promise anything.

    Sentence #9961409 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他信守了他的承诺。

    Tā xìnshǒu le tā de chéngnuò.

    He kept his promise.

    Sentence #7780801 from Tatoeba

How 承诺 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 承 (chéng) drawn as one shape
承chéngto bear

承 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 诺 (nuò) with each of its parts in a different colour
诺nuòto consent
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 若if · rěSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 若 (rě) hints at the sound. Compare it with nuò.

How to write 承诺

承 8 strokes · 诺 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 承诺

Words with 承

承认chéngrèn · to admit承担chéngdān · to take on (responsibility)承受chéngshòu · to bear继承jìchéng · to inherit承办chéngbàn · to undertake承包chéngbāo · to contract

More words: Thinking & Talking

倡导chàngdǎo · to advocate倡议chàngyì · to propose阐述chǎnshù · to expound嘲笑cháoxiào · to mock澄清chéngqīng · to clarify陈述chénshù · to state沉思chénsī · to ponder迟疑chíyí · to hesitate

FAQs

承诺 (chéngnuò) means “to promise” or “to commit”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chéngnuò: chéng with a 2nd tone, then nuò 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, 承诺 is written 承諾. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chengnuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 承诺 from the suggestions. Typing chengnuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
承诺 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.