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Meaning of 裁

Pinyin cái

Radical

衣

Strokes

Definition

cut out (as a dress) / cut / trim / reduce / diminish / decision / judgment

Usage

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裁 [cái] (动) 【本义】: 裁制，剪裁【造字法】: 形声。从衣，(zāi)声。 1. 用剪子剪布或用刀子割纸 ([En.] cut) 例: ～剪，～缝，～衣，对～。 2. 减除，去掉一部分 ([En.] decide; judge) 例: ～减，～军，～员。 3. 决定，判断 ([En.] decide; judge) 例: ～判，～夺（考虑决定），～决，～度（duó），～断。 4. 安排取舍 ([En.] arrange; edit) 例: 体～，别～，独出心～。 5. 节制，抑止 ([En.] reduce; cut down) 例: 制～，独～。 6. 杀 ([En.] kill) 例: 自～。 --- 裁 [cái] (名) 1. 体制 ([En.] system) 例: 裁制。 2. 成衣工 ([En.] tailor) 例: 裁衣。 --- 裁 [cái] (副) 1. 通“纔”。刚刚 ([En.] just) 例: 裁日阅数人。 2. 通“纔”。仅仅 ([En.] only) 例: 裁买城西数亩地，槀葬而已。

裁剪 cái jiǎn

to cut out

剪裁 jiǎn cái

to tailor (clothes) / to trim (expenditure)

裁判 cái pàn

judgment / to referee / umpire / judge / referee / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]

主裁判 zhǔ cái pàn

chief umpire

裁判员 cái pàn yuán

referee

总裁 zǒng cái

chairman / director-general (of a company etc)

裁决 cái jué

ruling / adjudication

裁减 cái jiǎn

to reduce / to lessen / to cut down

裁撤 cái chè

to dissolve an organisation

裁汰 cái tài

to cut back

仲裁员 zhòng cái yuán

arbitrator / referee

仲裁者 zhòng cái zhě

intercessor / intermediary / pacificator / interceder / overman

独裁 dú cái

dictatorship

独裁者 dú cái zhě

dictator / autocrat

裁缝 cái féng

tailor / dressmaker

仲裁 zhòng cái

arbitration

制裁 zhì cái

to punish / punishment / sanctions (incl. economic)

体裁 tǐ cái

genre / style / form of writing

裁员 cái yuán

to cut staff / to lay off employees

裁定 cái dìng

ruling

裁军 cái jūn

disarmament

裁断 cái duàn

to consider and decide

心裁 xīn cái

idea / conception / mental plan

别出心裁 bié chū xīn cái

to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality / to adopt an original approach