发 fā
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
发誓
fāshì
to swear; to vow
Characters in this word
誓 shì
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 言 — words, speech
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他在法庭上发誓自己所说的一切都是真实的。 Tā zài fǎtíng shang fāshì zìjǐ suǒ shuō de yíqiè dōu shì zhēnshí de. In court he swore that everything he said was true.
- 我发誓，我再也不会迟到了。 Wǒ fāshì, wǒ zài yě bú huì chídào le. I swear I will never be late again.
- 他对着月亮发誓，一定要照顾好她一辈子。 Tā duì zhe yuèliang fāshì, yídìng yào zhàogù hǎo tā yíbèizi. He vowed to the moon that he would take good care of her for life.
Related words
- 出发 chūfā to set out
- 发 fā to send; to hand out
- 发现 fāxiàn to discover; to find
- 头发 tóufa hair
- 发表 fābiǎo to publish; to express publicly
- 发出 fāchū to give off; to send out
- 发达 fādá developed; advanced
- 发动 fādòng to start; to launch
- 发明 fāmíng to invent; invention
- 发生 fāshēng to happen; to occur
- 发送 fāsòng to send
- 发言 fāyán to speak; to make a speech