HSK 5 · Society

执照 zhízhào “licence” in Chinese

Traditional 執照

What 执照 means

  1. licence
  2. permit
  3. licence (n.) / license

How to say 执照

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale执zhí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale照zhào4th tone, falling

执照 in a sentence

  1. 你的驾驶执照已经过期了。

    Nǐ de jiàshǐ zhízhào yǐjīng guòqī le.

    Your driver’s licence has expired.

    Sentence #845994 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 你还没到可以拿驾驶执照的年龄。

    Nǐ hái méi dào kěyǐ ná jiàshǐ zhízhào de niánlíng.

    You’re not old enough to get a driver’s licence yet.

    Sentence #4463268 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他是有执照的心脏科医生。

    Tā shì yǒu zhízhào de xīnzàngkē yīshēng.

    He’s a licensed heart specialist.

    Sentence #13153728 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 执照 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 执 (zhí) with each of its parts in a different colour
执zhíto execute
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 丸ball · wán
The character 照 (zhào) with each of its parts in a different colour
照zhàoto shine
  • 昭bright · zhāoSound part
  • 灬fire form of 火 · huǒMeaning part

灬 hints at the meaning (fire); 昭 (zhāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhào.

Memory aidFire 灬 under 昭 (zhāo) “bright”: to shine, to light up, and also a photo.

How to write 执照

执 6 strokes · 照 13 strokes

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执照 (zhízhào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 执照 (zhízhào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 执照

Words with 执

固执gùzhí · stubborn执着zhízhuó · persistent执行zhíxíng · to carry out

Words with 照

照顾zhàogu · take care of护照hùzhào · passport照片zhàopiàn · picture拍照pāizhào · to take a photo照相zhàoxiàng · to take a photo照相机zhàoxiàngjī · camera照zhào · to shine按照ànzhào · according to照常zhàocháng · as usual参照cānzhào · to refer to

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FAQs

执照 (zhízhào) means “licence” or “permit”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhízhào: zhí with a 2nd tone, then zhào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 执照 is written 執照. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhizhao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 执照 from the suggestions. Typing zhizhao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
执照 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.