HSK 6 · Adjectives

执着 zhízhuó “persistent” in Chinese

Traditional 執著

What 执着 means

  1. persistent
  2. dedicated
  3. stubborn
  4. devoted
  5. to persist in
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to cling to
  • (Buddhism) attachment

How to say 执着

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale着zhuó2nd tone, rising

执着 in a sentence

  1. 他对音乐非常执着。

    Tā duì yīnyuè fēicháng zhízhuó.

    He’s utterly dedicated to music.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 别太执着于过去了。

    Bié tài zhízhuó yú guòqù le.

    Don’t hold on to the past so much.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 执着 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 着 (zhe) with each of its parts in a different colour
着zhuóto wear
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 目eye · mù

How to write 执着

执 6 strokes · 着 11 strokes

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

Words related to 执着

Words with 执

执照zhízhào · licence固执gùzhí · stubborn执行zhíxíng · to carry out

Words with 着

着zhe · particle for an ongoing action or state (-ing)着急zháojí · to worry接着jiēzhe · next随着suízhe · along with着凉zháoliáng · to catch a cold着火zháohuǒ · to catch fire着想zhuóxiǎng · to consider (the needs of)着重zhuózhòng · to emphasise着手zhuóshǒu · to set about沉着chénzhuó · calm and collected

More words: Adjectives

正宗zhèngzōng · authentic镇静zhènjìng · calm珍稀zhēnxī · rare and precious真挚zhēnzhì · sincere忠诚zhōngchéng · loyal忠实zhōngshí · faithful衷心zhōngxīn · heartfelt周密zhōumì · thorough

FAQs

执着 (zhízhuó) means “persistent” or “dedicated”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhízhuó: zhí with a 2nd tone, then zhuó with a 2nd 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, 执着 is written 執著. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhizhuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 执着 from the suggestions. Typing zhizhuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
执着 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.