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執位
  zap1 wai6*2   jyutping
  zhi2 wei4   pinyin
[1] Exchange seats among mahjong players (originating from picking a tile indicating a direction)
[2] Reshuffle, shake-up in posts among high-ranking government officials.

verb

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
執位

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Characters in this word:

 zap1  -  hold; carry out; [粵] pick up
 wai6 wai6*2  -  position, rank; seat
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