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执行

zhí xíng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 執行

执行 (zhí xíng) means "to carry out; to implement". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 执行 means

1. to implement
2. to carry out
3. to execute
4. to run

The characters in 执行

• 执zhíto execute (a plan); to grasp
• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…

Example sentences

• 计划被执行了。
  The plan was carried out.
• 计画正常执行。
  It's working just fine.
• 你执行你的计划了吗？
  Nǐ zhíxíng nǐ de jìhuà le ma?
  Did you carry out your plan?
• 我相信他的执行能力。
  Wǒ xiāngxìn tā de zhíxíng nénglì.
  I trust his executive ability.
• 你拒绝执行，是不是？
  You refused to do that, didn't you?
• 我们必须执行他的命令。
  Wǒmen bìxū zhíxíng tā de mìnglìng.
  We must execute his orders.

Words starting with 执行

• 执行人zhí xíng rénexecutioner (hangman); business executor
• 执行力zhí xíng lìability to get things done
• 执行长zhí xíng zhǎng(Taiwan) chief executive
• 执行绪zhí xíng xù(Taiwan; computing) thread

Words containing 执行

• 可执行kě zhí xíngexecutable (computing)
• 被执行人bèi zhí xíng rén(law) person required to fulfill obligations set forth in a written court judgement…
• 监外执行jiān wài zhí xíngto serve (a sentence) outside prison (law)
• 失信被执行人shī xìn bèi zhí xíng rén(law) judgement defaulter…
• 首席执行官shǒu xí zhí xíng guānchief executive officer (CEO)
• 高层执行员gāo céng zhí xíng yuánsenior executive
• 解释执行jiě shì zhí xínginterpreted (computer)
• 死刑缓期执行sǐ xíng huǎn qī zhí xíngdeferred death sentence; abbr. to 死缓
• 中央执行委员会Zhōng yāng Zhí xíng Wěi yuán huìCentral Executive Committee

Sounds the same

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

• 直行to go straight; straight forward; fig. to do right

Where 执行 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Approval, Permission & Regulation (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhí xíng correctly.
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