an agreement or commitment to carry out a task

Nokia, a telecommunications and technology company name

a promise; one's word; consent or agreement to a request

Character from the Old Testament of the Bible who built an ark to survive a great flood and preserve humanity.

to promise; to pledge; to give one's word

French automobile manufacturer

(1833–1896) Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite who established the Nobel Prizes

Juneau, capital city of the American state of Alaska

The Nobel Prize, an international award founded by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel and given annually for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace, and economics

(loanword) snooker; a type of cue sport played on a rectangular table with pockets using a white cue ball, fifteen red balls, and six colored balls

Snow (name); specifically refers to Edgar Snow (1905-1972), the American journalist who wrote "Red Star Over China"

Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), an Italian adventurer famous for his many romantic conquests

(loanword) domino

The square boat built by Noah to escape the flood in the biblical story.

a member of a people of mixed Scandinavian and Frankish origin who settled in Normandy in the 10th century

A common given name or transliteration of "Arnold", often used for Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Illinois (US state)

Hanover (city in Germany)

cappuccino (loanword)

Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina, located on the shore of the Río de la Plata.

Nottingham, a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England

Normandy, a region in northern France

to promise; to consent to do something; to agree or give one's word

Chernobyl, a city in northern Ukraine known for the 1986 nuclear disaster

Rectangular tiles used in Western games or gambling, typically arranged in lines to create a chain reaction when tipped

Illinois, a state of the United States

cappuccino (loanword)

Personal name; specifically William F. Knowland (1908–1974), a US politician and Republican Senate leader known for his anti-communist stance and support for the ROC

Augusto Pinochet (1915-2006), the general and dictator who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990

to be a yes-man; servile and submissive, echoing others without daring to express a different opinion

To say yes repeatedly to show agreement or obedience; the sound of consenting or complying. Often used in the context of being submissive or overly compliant compared to one who speaks the truth, as in the expression [[千人之诺诺，不如一士之谔谔|千人之諾諾，不如一士之諤諤|qian1 ren2 zhi1 nuo4 nuo4 bu4 ru2 yi1 shi4 zhi1 e4 e4]].

to promise or agree to do something

(meteorology) The El Niño weather phenomenon characterized by unusual warming of surface waters in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean; also called [[圣婴现象|聖嬰現象|sheng4 ying1 xian4 xiang4]] or [[厄尔尼诺现象|厄爾尼諾現象|e4 er3 ni2 nuo4 xian4 xiang4]]

Illinois, a state of the United States

Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677), a famous rationalist philosopher from the Netherlands.

A promise worth a thousand pieces of gold; used to describe someone who is extremely trustworthy and always keeps their word.

The El Niño phenomenon; an abnormal warming of surface ocean waters in the eastern tropical Pacific that leads to global climate changes

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Russian composer and pianist

The Jino ethnic group, one of the official ethnic minorities of China, primarily living in Yunnan province

(bound form) lake; used in Mongolian place names as a loanword from Mongolian

place name for Normandy, France; a coastal region in northern France famous for the Allied landing during World War II

Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969), a German sociologist, philosopher, and musicologist.

(literary) to fulfill a promise; to keep a pledge

Reynolds number; the ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces used in fluid mechanics

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), French impressionist painter

Krasnodar, a city in Russia

(honorific) your esteemed promise or pledge; used to politely refer to someone else's word or agreement

Illinois, a state of the United States