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執
简 执 · 繁 執Mandarin · pinyin zhí
Meanings
- to execute (a plan)
- to grasp
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2 · zhi2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zap1
Cantonese word readings for 執. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to hold in the hand
- to hold (authority, etc.); to manage
- to keep; to hold to; to insist
- to carry out
- (literary) to arrest; to capture
- (Cantonese) to pick up
- (Cantonese) to clean up; to tidy up
- (Cantonese) to go bankrupt and close down
- (Cantonese) Classifier for pinches (small amount that could be held between fingertips) of objects.
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