誓 (shì) — vow, oath, pledge (as a bound noun morpheme); to swear, to vow (as a bound verb morpheme)
Definición
A bound morpheme meaning 'vow / oath / to swear' — it never stands alone; it appears in compounds like 誓言 (oath), 发誓 (to vow), and 誓死 (to swear to the death). The verb takes 死 (sǐ) as a common result complement.
bound form
vowoathpledge (as a bound noun morpheme)to swearto vow (as a bound verb morpheme)
Ejemplos
- 。Tā fā shì yào nǔ lì xué xí.He vowed to study hard.
- 。Tā zài hūn lǐ shàng xuān dú le shì yán.He read his vows at the wedding.
- 。Tā men shì sǐ bǎo wèi guó jiā.They swore to defend their country to the death.
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