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裁

to cut out (as a dress)/to cut/to trim/to reduce/to diminish/to cut back (e.g. on staff)/decision/judgment

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 5

Pinyin

cái

Bopomofo

ㄘㄞˊ

Jyutping

coi4

Example sentences

總裁 / 总裁 zǒngcái
總裁決定將公司總部搬遷到臺北。
总裁决定将公司总部搬迁到台北。

The CEO decided to move the company headquarters to Taipei.

裁判 cáipàn
裁判向那名球員出示了紅牌。
裁判向那名球员出示了红牌。

The referee showed a red card to that player.

宣告 xuāngào
裁判宣告比賽正式結束。
裁判宣告比赛正式结束。

The referee declared the game officially over.

制裁 zhìcái
犯法的人最終會受到法律的制裁。
犯法的人最终会受到法律的制裁。

Those who break the law will eventually be sanctioned by the law.

公款 gōngkuǎn
挪用公款是違法行為，會受到法律的制裁。
挪用公款是违法行为，会受到法律的制裁。

Misappropriating public funds is an illegal act and will be subject to legal sanctions.

仲裁 zhòngcái
雙方同意將爭議提交國際仲裁。
双方同意将争议提交国际仲裁。

Both parties agreed to submit the dispute to international arbitration.

裁 cái
她用剪刀裁布。

She uses scissors to cut the cloth.

Example Vocabulary

剪裁

jian3'cai2

總裁

zong3'cai2

CEO; president; director-general

裁判

cai2'pan4

referee; umpire; judge; to judge

別出心裁

bie2'chu1'xin1'cai2

制裁

zhi4'cai2

to sanction; to punish; sanction

副總裁

fu4'zong3'cai2

獨裁

du2'cai2

獨裁者

du2'cai2'zhe3

仲裁

zhong4'cai2

arbitration; to arbitrate

裁

cai2

to cut (paper, cloth); to trim

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