执意

執意

zhíyì

adverb HSK 7 #15,504

Meanings

1 to insist on; to be determined to
2 to persist stubbornly

Characters

to hold firmly; to persist

intention; idea

Literally 'to hold firmly to one's intention' — refusing to change one's mind.

Examples

他执意要自己去。

Tā zhíyì yào zìjǐ qù.

He insisted on going by himself.

我们劝了半天，她还是执意辞职。

Wǒmen quàn le bàntiān, tā háishi zhíyì cízhí.

We tried to talk her out of it for ages, but she still insisted on resigning.

Tips

usage

执意 implies stubbornness against advice — it's used when someone refuses to listen to reason. It's more literary than 非要 (fēiyào), which is the colloquial equivalent.

Stroke Order

执 zhí

意 yì