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zapˉ¹執
简 执
Pinyin: zhi2
Translations
nouncatch; capture; detain
nouncarry out; conduct; take charge of
nounhold; grasp; carry
nountidy up; clean up
nounpick up; pack up
nounstick to (views, etc); persist in; insist on
nounintimate friend; bosom friend; soul mate
nounconfiscate; wind up (business)
nounwritten acknowledgement
noun(Cantonese)/to pick up/to buy/to pack; tidy; clean up/to quit
zapˉ¹執faanˉ¹番tiuˎ₄條mengˍ₆命
简 执番条命
Pinyin: zhi2 fan1 tiao2 ming4
Translations
nounbarely escape death; come back from the dead
nounnarrow escape; close call (spoken)
zapˉ¹執congˎ₄床
简 执床
Pinyin: zhi2 chuang2
Translations
nounto make a bed
nountidy up the bed; to make the bed
zapˉ¹執cauˊ²籌
简 执筹
Pinyin: zhi2 chou2
Translations
nounpicking up a chip when drawing lots
nounenter a draw (spoken)
zapˉ¹執lapˉ¹笠
简 执笠
Pinyin: zhi2 li4
Translations
noun(of a business) to close down; to close shop; to go bankrupt | 漢: 倒閉
noun(phrasal verb) to close down a business
zapˉ¹執lauˍ₆漏
简 执漏
Pinyin: zhi2 lou4
Translations
nounrepair leaks
nounto miss or to forget to pack something; to repair leaks
zapˉ¹執batˉ¹筆
简 执笔
Pinyin: zhi2 bi3
Translations
nounhold a brush
pinˉ¹偏zapˉ¹執
简 偏执
Pinyin: pian1 zhi2
Translations
nounstubbornly biased; extremely stubborn; illiberal
zapˉ¹執zing˗₃政nangˎ₄能likˍ₆力
简 执政能力
Pinyin: zhi2 zheng4 neng2 li4
Translations
noungoverning capacity
zapˉ¹執faat˗₃法
简 执法
Pinyin: zhi2 fa3
Translations
nounlaw enforcement
zapˉ¹執fongˊ²房
简 执房
Pinyin: zhi2 fang2
Translations
nounto tidy up a room
nounto clean or tidy up a room
zapˉ¹執hangˎ₄行ziˊ²指faiˉ¹揮gunˉ¹官
简 执行指挥官
Pinyin: zhi2 xing2 zhi3 hui1 guan1
Translations
nounexcuting commander
zapˉ¹執faat˗₃法daanˉ¹單waiˊ²位
简 执法单位
Pinyin: zhi2 fa3 dan1 wei4
Translations
nounlaw-enforcement agencies
zapˉ¹執zaiˊ²仔poˊ²婆
简 执仔婆
Pinyin: zhi2 zai3 po2
Translations
nouna midwife
nounmidwife
zapˉ¹執waiˊ²位
简 执位
Pinyin: zhi2 wei4
Translations
nounReshuffle, shake-up in posts among high-ranking government officials.
nounExchange seats among mahjong players (originating from picking a tile indicating a direction)
nouna terminology of mahjong, the process of organizing the seatings before a game starts
zapˉ¹執douˍ₆導
简 执导
Pinyin: zhi2 dao3
Translations
noundirected by
zapˉ¹執zing˗₃政gunˉ¹官
简 执政官
Pinyin: zhi2 zheng4 guan1
Translations
nounarchon; praetor; pretor
zapˉ¹執zing˗₃政dongˊ²黨
简 执政党
Pinyin: zhi2 zheng4 dang3
Translations
nounruling party, the party in power
zapˉ¹執hangˎ₄行
简 执行
Pinyin: zhi2 xing2
Translations
nouncarry out; execute; perform; implement; enforce
nounexecutive; presiding
zapˉ¹執jiˍ₆二taanˉ¹攤
简 执二摊
Pinyin: zhi2 er4 tan1
Translations
nounfill my shoes
noun(slang) to fill (someone's) shoes; to use secondhand goods
zapˉ¹執jipˍ₆業
简 执业
Pinyin: zhi2 ye4
Translations
noun(of a lawyer, doctor, accountant, etc) practise one's profession
sauˊ²首zikˍ₆席zapˉ¹執hangˎ₄行gunˉ¹官
简 首席执行官
Pinyin: shou3 xi2 zhi2 xing2 guan1
Translations
nounChief Executive Officer (CEO)
zapˉ¹執baauˉ¹包fukˍ₆袱
简 执包袱
Pinyin: zhi2 bao1 fu5
Translations
nounto pack up and quit, resign; to get the sack ([普]: 捲鋪蓋)
noun(slang) to pack up one's things, usually it implies to quit or resign from a job
gaaiˊ²解sikˉ¹釋zapˉ¹執hangˎ₄行
简 解释执行
Pinyin: jie3 shi4 zhi2 xing2
Translations
nouninterpreted (computer)
lyunˎ₄聯bongˉ¹邦zapˉ¹執faat˗₃法daanˉ¹單waiˊ²位
简 联邦执法单位
Pinyin: lian2 bang1 zhi2 fa3 dan1 wei4
Translations
nouna federal law-enforcement unit