Chinese Character Dictionary

执拗

zhí niù

stubborn

执拾

zhí shí

to tidy up (dialect)

执掌

zhí zhăng

to wield (power etc)

执政

zhí zhèng

to hold power

执政官

zhí zhèng guān

consulate

执政方式

zhí zhèng fāng shì

governing method

执政者

zhí zhèng zhĕ

ruler

执政能力

zhí zhèng néng lì

governing capacity

执政党

zhí zhèng dăng

ruling party

执教

zhí jiào

to teach

执业

zhí yè

to work in a profession (e.g. doctor, lawyer)

执法

zhí fă

to enforce a law

执法如山

zhí fă rú shān

to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly

执照

zhí zhào

license

执笔

zhí bĭ

to write

执绋

zhí fú

to attend a funeral

执着

zhí zhuó

attachment

执行

zhí xíng

to implement

执行人

zhí xíng rén

executioner (hangman)

执行指挥官

zhí xíng zhĭ huī guān

executing commander

执行长

zhí xíng zhăng

chief executive

执迷

zhí mí

to be obsessive

执迷不悟

zhí mí bù wù

to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom)

埸

yì

border

培

péi

to cultivate

培亚

Péi yà

Praia, capital of Cape Verde (Tw)

培修

péi xiū

to repair earthworks

培勒兹

Péi lè zī

Perez (name)

培土

péi tŭ

to earth up

培根

péi gēn

bacon (loanword)

培植

péi zhí

to cultivate

培育

péi yù

to train

培训

péi xùn

to cultivate

培训班

péi xùn bān

training class

培里克利斯

Péi lĭ kè lì sī

Pericles (c. 49-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war

培养

péi yăng

to cultivate

培养基

péi yăng jī

culture medium

培养液

péi yăng yè

culture fluid (in biological lab.)

培养皿

péi yăng mĭn

Petri dish

基

jī

base

基加利

Jī jiā lì

Kigali, capital of Rwanda

基友

jī yŏu

(slang) very close same-sex friend

基因

jī yīn

gene (loanword)

基因修改

jī yīn xiū găi

genetic modification

基因图谱

jī yīn tú pŭ

mapping of genome

基因型

jī yīn xíng

genotype

基因学

jī yīn xué

genetics

基因工程

jī yīn gōng chéng

genetic engineering

基因库

jī yīn kù

gene bank

基因技术

jī yīn jì shù

genetic technology

基因扩大

jī yīn kuò dà

gene amplification

基因改造

jī yīn găi zào

genetic modification (GM)

基因染色体异常

jī yīn răn sè tĭ yì cháng

genetic chromosome abnormality

基因治疗

jī yīn zhì liáo

gene therapy

基因码

jī yīn mă

genetic code

基因突变

jī yīn tū biàn

genetic mutation

基因组

jī yīn zŭ

genome

基因变异

jī yīn biàn yì

genetic variation

基团

jī tuán

radical (chemistry)

基地

jī dì

base (of operations)