执 zhí hold on to

源How it came to be

A kneeling figure with both hands out in front, locked into a set of wooden manacles. Somebody is being held, and the grip in the character is somebody else's.

用用法

• 执 means to hold/carry out, and shows up in both bureaucratic and personality vocabulary.
• 执行 (zhíxíng) is the standard formal verb for implementing/carrying out a plan, order, or law: 执行任务 (zhíxíng rènwù) carry out a task.
• 固执 (gùzhi) describes a stubborn person - note the second syllable is toneless (zhi, not zhí) in this word, unlike most other 执 compounds.
• 执照 (zhízhào) is the everyday word for an official license, as in 驾驶执照 (jiàshǐ zhízhào) driver's license or 营业执照 (yíngyè zhízhào) business license.

字含“执”的汉字

• 热 hot
• 势 power
• 垫 cushion
• 挚 sincere

词含“执”的词语

• 执行zhíxíngto implementHSK 5
• 争执zhēngzhíto disputeHSK 8
• 固执gùzhiobstinateHSK 8
• 执意zhíyìto be determined toHSK 8
• 执法zhífǎto enforce a lawHSK 8
• 执照zhízhàolicenseHSK 8
• 执着zhízhuóto be strongly attached toHSK 8

句例句

• 士兵在执行一项任务。 Shìbīng zài zhíxíng yī xiàng rènwu.The soldiers are on a mission.
• 新书的序言由他执笔。 Xīnshū de xùyán yóu tā zhíbǐ.The new book's preface is written by him.