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执事

zhí shì

2-character word Traditional 執事

What 执事 means

1. to perform one's job
2. attendant
3. job
4. duties
5. (respectful appellation for the addressee) you
6. your Excellency
7. (Church) deacon

Other readings

执事 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhí shiparaphernalia of a guard of honor

The characters in 执事

• 执zhíto execute (a plan); to grasp
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

Sounds the same

Read zhí shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 直视to look straight at

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhí shì correctly.
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