"Promise" • Chinese-English Dictionary

DICTIONARY OPTIONS
CHARACTERS : Simplified Traditional
PHONETIC : Pinyin Bopomofo EFEO Wade-Giles Yale
» Search by Radical
承诺 chéng nuò to promise / to undertake to do something / commitment
答应 dā ying to answer / to respond / to answer positively / to agree / to accept / to promise
约定 yuē dìng to agree on sth (after discussion) / to conclude a bargain / to arrange / to promise / to stipulate / to make an appointment / stipulated (time, amount, quality etc) / an arrangement / a deal / appointment / undertaking / commitment / understanding / engagement / stipulation
誓言 shì yán to pledge / to promise / oath / vow
诺言 nuò yán promise
许诺 xǔ nuò promise / pledge
允诺 yǔn nuò to promise / to consent (to do sth)
应许 yīng xǔ to promise / to allow
誓约 shì yuē oath / vow / pledge / promise
应诺 yìng nuò to promise / to agree to do sth
许 xǔ to allow / to permit / to promise / to praise / somewhat / perhaps
约言 yuē yán promise / one's word / pledge / abbreviation
诺 nuò to consent / to promise / (literary) yes!
承应 chéng yìng to agree / to promise
应承 yìng chéng to agree (to do sth) / to promise
保修 bǎo xiū to promise to keep sth in good repair / guarantee / warranty
违约 wéi yuē to break a promise / to violate an agreement / to default (on a loan or contract)
许愿 xǔ yuàn to make a wish / to make a vow / to promise a reward
有为 yǒu wéi promising / to show promise
许下 xǔ xià to make a promise
黄牛 huáng niú ox / cattle / scalper of tickets etc / to fail to show up / to break a promise
履约 lu:3 yuē to keep a promise / to honor an agreement
失信 shī xìn to break a promise
耍赖 shuǎ lài to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened
食言 shí yán lit. to eat one's words / to break a promise / to go back on one's word / to renege / unsworn testimony
延年益寿 yán nián yì shòu to make life longer / to promise longevity / (this product will) extend your life
毁约 huǐ yuē to break a promise / breach of contract
还愿 huán yuàn to redeem a vow (to a deity) / to fulfill a promise / votive
言而无信 yán ér wú xìn to go back on one's word / to break one's promise / to be unfaithful / to be untrustworthy
一诺千金 yī nuò qiān jīn a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom) / a promise that must be kept
季诺 jì nuò a promise that can be realized
践约 jiàn yuē to keep a promise / to honor an agreement
背约 bèi yuē to break an agreement / to go back on one's word / to fail to keep one's promise
言而有信 yán ér yǒu xìn to speak and keep one's promise (idiom) / as good as one's word
头角峥嵘 tóu jiǎo zhēng róng promise of brilliant young person (idiom) / showing extraordinary gifts
说到做到 shuō dào zuò dào to be as good as one's word (idiom) / to keep one's promise
誓不反悔 shì bù fǎn huǐ to vow not to break one's promise
一言既出，驷马难追 yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom) / a promise must be kept
一言为重 yī yán wéi zhòng each word carries weight / a promise must be kept (idiom)
千金一诺 qiān jīn yī nuò a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom) / a promise that must be kept
夙诺 sù nuò old promise / long-standing commitment
大放光明 dà fàng guāng míng to shine brightly / (fig.) to show promise / to be on the up and up
悔婚 huǐ hūn to break a promise of marriage
承付 chéng fù to promise to pay
拉勾儿 lā gòu r to cross little fingers (between children) as a promise
满口应承 mǎn kǒu yìng chéng to promise readily
破约 pò yuē to break a promise
说话不当话 shuō huà bù dàng huà to fail to keep to one's word / to break a promise
说话算数 shuō huà suàn shù to keep one's promise / to mean what one says
履行诺言 lu:3 xíng nuò yán Keeping the Promise
提供希望行动  Operation Provide Promise
履行对儿童承诺圆桌会议  Round Table on Keeping the Promise to Children
前程远大 qián chéng yuǎn dà to have a future full of promise
跑票 pǎo piào to vote against the party line / to vote contrary to one's promise
Chinese Tones