HSK · Level 114
45 words
Chinese word
兑现
Pronunciation
Pinyinduì xiàn
Meaning
- verbfulfill
Example
他终于兑现了承诺。tā zhōng yú duì xiàn le chéng nuò
He finally fulfilled his promise.
More examples
他把一张旧支票拿到银行兑现了。tā bǎ yì zhāng jiù zhī piào ná dào yín háng duì xiàn le
He took an old check to the bank and cashed it.
Core concept
Something spoken or written crosses a boundary into visible reality, either as an action or as cash received.
Common phrases
兑现承诺duì xiàn chéng nuò
fulfill a promise
兑现诺言duì xiàn nuò yán
keep one's word
兑现支票duì xiàn zhī piào
cash a check
Similar words
履行lǚ xíng: Performing a contractual or required duty as agreed.
信守xìn shǒu: Honoring a promise or regulation by keeping to it.
实现shí xiàn: Bringing a plan or goal into reality.
完成wán chéng: Bringing a task or assignment to an end.
Definition in Chinese
将口头或书面的承诺付诸行动并实现；在金融语境也指把票据兑换成现金。jiāng kǒu tóu huò shū miàn de chéng nuò fù zhū xíng dòng bìng shí xiàn zài jīn róng yǔ jìng yě zhǐ bǎ piào jù duì huàn chéng xiàn jīn
Word origin
The compound uses 兑 (duì, "exchange") + 现 (xiàn, "appear; cash") to point to an older sense of exchanging a financial document for cash, which later broadened to making a promise real.
Usage tips
- The word is especially useful when a person has made a commitment and later proves it through action, so it describes follow-through rather than a promise that remains only in speech.
Other meanings
- cashverb
Opposites
- 食言shí yánbreak one's wordverb
- 拒付jù fùrefuse to payverb
Related words
- 兑现率duì xiàn lǜfulfillment ratenoun