诺 (nuò): to consent, to promise, (literary) yes!
诺 (nuò) is a Chinese character meaning “to consent.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 若 (phonetic). It ranks #969 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 诺 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).
Definitions
- to consent
- to promise
- (literary) yes!
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 诺
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 诺言noun | nuò yán | promise |
| 诺亚proper-noun | nuò yà | Noah |
| 许诺verb | xǔ nuò | to promise |
| 阿诺德 | ā nuò dé | (name) Arnold |
| 朱诺proper-noun | zhū nuò | Juneau, capital of Alaska |
| 卡萨诺瓦 | kǎ sà nuò wǎ | Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), Italian adventurer known for womanizing |
| 诺贝尔奖noun | nuò bèi ěr jiǎng | Nobel Prize |
| 多米诺noun | duō mǐ nuò | (loanword) domino |
| 诺贝尔proper-noun | nuò bèi ěr | Nobel (Prize) |
| 阿诺 | ā nuò | Arnold (usu. refers to Arnold Schwarzenegger 施瓦辛格) |
| 卡布奇诺noun | kǎ bù qí nuò | cappuccino (loanword) |
| 诺丁汉proper-noun | nuò dīng hàn | Nottingham (city in England) |
| 诺曼底proper-noun | nuò màn dǐ | Normandy, France |
| 斯诺 | sī nuò | Snow (name) |
| 切尔诺贝利proper-noun | qiē ěr nuò bèi lì | Chernobyl |
诺 appears in 100 compound words: 27 as the first character, 37 as the last, and 36 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 诺 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (13)
a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
to always follow others' opinion; to be a yes man without any opinions of one's own
one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
to always follow others' opinion; to be a yes man without any opinions of one's own
one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
Showing 11 of 13 idioms containing 诺.
Example Sentences
他诺言谨慎，从不说没有根据的话。
tā nuò yán jǐn shèn , cóng bù shuō méi yǒu gēn jù de huà .
He is cautious in his promises and never makes unfounded statements.
挑战波音,诺格与巴西 Embraer 合作开发飞椼式...
tiāo zhàn bō yīn , nuò gé yǔ bā xī E m b r a e r gě zuò kāi fā fēi 椼 shì . . .
Challenging Boeing, Nog collaborated with Brazilian Embraer to develop a flying rafter...
特朗普在国情咨文中吹嘘股市上升成就 承诺为部分劳工退休储蓄注入1,000美元
tè lǎng pǔ zài guó qíng zī wén zhōng chuī 嘘 gǔ shì shàng shēng chéng jiù chéng nuò wéi bù fēn láo gōng tuì xiū chǔ xù zhù rù 1 , 0 0 0 měi yuán
In his State of the Union address, Trump boasted about the stock market's rise and promised to inject $1,000 into some of his labor retirement savings
谷歌宣布将在明尼苏达州新建数据中心:承诺电费全包不涨价
gǔ gē xuān bù jiāng zài míng ní sū dá zhōu xīn jiàn shǔ jù zhōng xīn : chéng nuò diàn fèi quán bāo bù zhǎng jià
Google announced that it will build a new data center in Minnesota: promising that electricity bills will not increase prices
深夜清通风井挨批 北捷致歉允诺改善
shēn yè qīng tōng fēng jǐng āi pī běi jié zhì qiàn yǔn nuò gǎi shàn
Late at night, the ventilation shaft was criticized, and Beijie apologized and promised to improve
2025 诺奖得主首发空气取水神器:无需电力,沙漠中...
2 0 2 5 nuò jiǎng dé zhǔ shǒu fā kōng qì qǔ shuǐ shén qì : wú xū diàn lì , shā mò zhōng . . .
2025 Nobel Prize Winner Debuts Air Water Artifact: No Electricity, In the Desert...
你会守承诺的，对吧？
Nǐ huì shǒu chéngnuò de, duì ba?
You will keep your word, won't you?
从那到布尔诺多远？
Cóng nà dào Bù'ěrnuò duō yuǎn?
How far is it to Brno?
在座各位有人听过诺曼芬克尔斯坦吗？
Zàizuò gèwèi yǒurén tīng guo nuò màn fēn kè ěr sī tǎn ma?
Has anyone here in the classroom heard about Norman Finkelstein?
特蕾莎修女被授予诺贝尔奖。
Tè lěi shā xiūnǚ bèi shòuyǔ Nuòbèi'ěr Jiǎng.
Mother Teresa was given the Nobel prize.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 讠 (speech) component
Homophones — Characters pronounced nuò
Frequently Asked Questions
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