# 执着 (zhízhuó)

In Mandarin Chinese, 执着 (zhízhuó) means “persistent; devoted; to cling to”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: persistent; devoted; to cling to
- Pinyin: zhízhuó (zhi2 zhuo2)
- Traditional: 執著
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 她对艺术理想一直非常执着。
  Tā duì yìshù lǐxiǎng yīzhí fēicháng zhízhuó.
  She has always been very devoted to her artistic ideals.

## Characters

- 执 (zhí): to execute (a plan); to grasp
- [着](https://hanziro.com/word/zhe-ongoing-action/) (zhe): (particle) ongoing action

https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-zhuo-persistent/

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