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执着

zhí zhuó

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 執著

执着 (zhí zhuó) means "to be strongly attached to; to be dedicated; to cling to". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 执着 means

1. dedicated; devoted; persistent
2. to persist in; to cling to
3. Buddhismattachment

The characters in 执着

• 执zhíto execute (a plan); to grasp
• 着zheaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state

Sounds the same

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

• 执著variant of 执着

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