HSK 6 · Society

宣誓 xuānshì “to take an oath” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 宣誓 means

  1. to take an oath
  2. to swear
  3. to swear an oath (of office)
  4. to make a vow

How to say 宣誓

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale宣xuān1st 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

宣誓 in a sentence

  1. 骑士宣誓效忠于国王。

    Qíshì xuānshì xiàozhōng yú guówáng.

    The knight swore allegiance to the king.

    Sentence #7753622 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 宣誓 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 宣 (xuān) with each of its parts in a different colour
宣xuānto declare
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 亘to extend across · gèn
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 宣誓

宣 9 strokes · 誓 14 strokes

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

Words related to 宣誓

Words with 宣

宣布xuānbù · to declare宣传xuānchuán · to publicise宣扬xuānyáng · to publicise

Words with 誓

发誓fāshì · to swear

More words: Society & Law

行政xíngzhèng · administration凶手xiōngshǒu · murderer习俗xísú · custom选举xuǎnjǔ · to elect许可xǔkě · to permit巡逻xúnluó · to patrol严禁yánjìn · to strictly prohibit言论yánlùn · speech

FAQs

宣誓 (xuānshì) means “to take an oath” or “to swear”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xuānshì: xuān 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.
Yes. 宣誓 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xuanshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 宣誓 from the suggestions. Typing xuanshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
宣誓 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.