執法

See also: 执法

Chinese

		execute (a plan); grasp	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
trad. (執法)		執	法
simp. (执法)		执	法

Etymology

Short for 執行法律／执行法律 (zhíxíng fǎlǜ, “to enforce the law”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhífǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zap¹ faat³
Min Nan (POJ): chip-hoat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhífǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄈㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyfaa
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ fa̠²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zap¹ faat³
  - Yale: jāp faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzap⁷ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeb¹ fad³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐp̚⁵ fɑːt̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chip-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: tsip-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cip'hoad
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕip̚³²⁻⁵ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕip̚⁵⁻²⁴ huat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡ɕip̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚³²/

Verb

執法

(law) to enforce the law; to enforce a law

執法部門 / 执法部门 ― zhífǎ bùmén ― law enforcement agencies
(sports) to act as referee

Derived terms

執法犯法／执法犯法

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