HSK 6 · Money

兑现 duìxiàn “to fulfil (a promise)” in Chinese

Traditional 兌現

What 兑现 means

  1. to fulfil (a promise)
  2. to cash (a cheque)
  3. (of a check etc) to cash
  4. to honour a commitment

How to say 兑现

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale兑duì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale现xiàn4th tone, falling

兑现 in a sentence

  1. 他终于兑现了自己的承诺。

    Tā zhōngyú duìxiàn le zìjǐ de chéngnuò.

    He finally kept his promise.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 说过的话一定要兑现。

    Shuōguo de huà yídìng yào duìxiàn.

    You must always keep your word.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 兑现 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 兑 (duì) with each of its parts in a different colour
兑duìto cash
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 兄elder brother · xiōng
The character 现 (xiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
现xiànto appear
  • 王king · wáng
  • 见to see · jiàn

Memory aid王 here is jade 玉, and 见 gives the sound (it was once also read xiàn, “to appear”). Picture jade catching the eye: to appear, now.

How to write 兑现

兑 7 strokes · 现 8 strokes

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

Words related to 兑现

Words with 兑

兑换duìhuàn · to exchange (money)

Words with 现

现在xiànzài · now发现fāxiàn · discover出现chūxiàn · to appear现金xiànjīn · cash现代xiàndài · modern times表现biǎoxiàn · to show实现shíxiàn · to achieve体现tǐxiàn · to embody现实xiànshí · reality现象xiànxiàng · phenomenon

More words: Money & Economy

担保dānbǎo · to guarantee淡季dànjì · off season倒闭dǎobì · to go bankrupt冻结dòngjié · to freeze (assets发财fācái · to get rich纺织fǎngzhī · textile贩卖fànmài · to sell分红fēnhóng · to share profits

FAQs

兑现 (duìxiàn) means “to fulfil (a promise)” or “to cash (a cheque)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it duìxiàn: duì with a 4th tone, then xiàn 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, 兑现 is written 兌現. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type duixian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 兑现 from the suggestions. Typing duixian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
兑现 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.