執縛

Chinese

		execute (a plan); grasp	to bind; to tie
trad. (執縛)		執	縛
simp. (执缚)		执	缚

Etymology

From Hanfeizi:

及臣得罪，近王者不見臣，县令者迎臣執縛，候吏者追臣至境上，不及而止。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

及臣得罪，近王者不见臣，县令者迎臣执缚，候吏者追臣至境上，不及而止。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE

Jí chén dé zuì, jìn wáng zhě bù jiàn chén, xiànlìng zhě yíng chén zhífù, hòu lì zhě zhuī chén zhì jìng shàng, bùjí ér zhǐ. [Pinyin]

As I was declared guilty, the king's henchmen refused to see me, the county governors welcomed me with constraint, and the officials-to-be chased me to as far as the borderline, till I outran them.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhífù

(Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄈㄨˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhífù
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄈㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhfù
  - Wade–Giles: chih²-fu⁴
  - Yale: jŕ-fù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrfuh
  - Palladius: чжифу (čžifu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ fu⁵¹/

Verb

執縛

to arrest
to constrain

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