🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

承诺

Pronunciation / Transliteration: chéngnuò

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Promise/ˈprɒmɪs/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #600 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"她承诺会帮助他。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A declaration or assurance that one will do something or that a particular thing will happen.

    "She made a promise to help him with his project."
As verb
  1. 1

    To assure someone that one will definitely do, give, or arrange something; to undertake or guarantee.

    "He promised to call her later."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'promise' originates from the Latin 'promissum', which is the neuter form of 'promissus', the past participle of 'promittere', meaning 'to send forth'. It evolved through Old French 'promesse' before entering Middle English in the 14th century, retaining the meaning of a commitment or assurance.

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