Definition

1. Verb:
   • To carry out, to execute: To put into effect or action something that has been officially decided, ordered, or planned. It implies the formal implementation of a rule, law, command, duty, or agreement.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chính phủ sẽ thi hành luật mới vào tháng tới. (The government will execute the new law next month.)
  • Cảnh sát có nhiệm vụ thi hành mệnh lệnh. (The police have the duty to carry out orders.)
  • Hiệp định này phải được thi hành một cách nghiêm chỉnh. (This agreement must be implemented strictly.)

Advanced Usage

• "thi hành án": to execute a sentence/judgment (legal context).

  • Tòa án đã ra quyết định và cơ quan thi hành án sẽ thực hiện. (The court has issued a ruling, and the judgment enforcement agency will execute it.)

• "thi hành kỷ luật": to enforce discipline, to carry out disciplinary action.

  • Công ty đã thi hành kỷ luật với nhân viên vi phạm. (The company carried out disciplinary action against the violating employee.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thực thi (v): to enforce, to implement. Often used interchangeably with "thi hành," especially regarding laws and policies.
  • Thực thi pháp luật (law enforcement).

Synonyms

• Execute: To carry out fully; to put into effect.
• Implement: To put a decision, plan, or system into effect.
• Enforce: To compel observance of or compliance with a law, rule, or obligation.
• Administer: To manage and be responsible for the execution of.

Related Idioms

verb

1. to carry out, to execute