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执行者 (zhí xíng zhě) — executor, implementer

Definition

noun
executorimplementer

Examples

  • 执行者。
    Tā shì zhè ge xiàng mù de zhí xíng zhě.
    He is the executor of this project.
  • 执行者，。
    Zuò wéi fǎ lǜ zhí xíng zhě, tā bì xū yán gé àn chéng xù bàn shì.
    As a legal executor, he must strictly follow procedures.
  • 执行者。
    Gōng sī xū yào yí wèi yǒu jīng yàn de zhí xíng zhě lái tuī jìn gǎi gé.
    The company needs an experienced executor to push forward reforms.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

执行
执zhícarry out行xíngdo
联合Coordinate
者zhěperson

Carrying out an action names the person who does the carrying out.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 執; 执 is its simplified writing.

  • 㚔㚔㚔criminal / handcuffs
  • 丮丮jǐhand

The traditional form 執 shows 㚔, a handcuffed criminal, with 丮, a hand, giving the idea of arrest. The simplified 执 is a later shorthand, so its current parts are not the original pieces.

Open 执 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 彳彳chì
  • 亍亍chù

The shape of 行 originally showed a street intersection, even on both sides. Later it became uneven, with 彳 on the left and 亍 on the right.

Open 行 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 者 originally drew a sugarcane with full stems, small points around it, and an open smiling mouth at the bottom.

Open 者 →
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