執
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zhí · to execute

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11Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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土Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 執

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Example sentences

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Nǐ jù jué zhí xíng, shì bu shì?你拒絕執行,是不是?

You refused to do that, didn't you?

Source: Tatoeba #6624737 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā shì yǒu zhí zhào de xīn zàng kē yī shēng.他是有執照的心臟科醫生。

He's a certified cardiologist.

Source: Tatoeba #13153728 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ kě yǐ kàn kàn nǐ de jià shǐ zhí zhào má?我可以看看你的駕駛執照嗎?

May I see your driver's license?

Source: Tatoeba #856375 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Xiān shēng, wǒ kě yǐ kàn kàn nǐ de jià shǐ zhí zhào má?先生,我可以看看你的駕駛執照嗎?

May I see your driver's license, sir?

Source: Tatoeba #893990 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Guǐ shén shì rén shì jiàn de zhí niàn.鬼神是人世間的執念。

Ghosts and gods are the obsessions of the human world.

Source: Tatoeba #13896790 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè shì wǒ de jià shǐ zhí zhào.這是我的駕駛執照。

Here's my drivers license.

Source: Tatoeba #5803914 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 執 in context

  1. Say zhí, then recall the core meaning: to execute.
  2. Write all 11 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 執 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.