裁 cái
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 衣 — cloth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
裁判
cáipàn
referee
Characters in this word
判 pàn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 半 half 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 裁判来了。 Cái pàn lái le. The referee is here.
- 裁判吹哨。 Cái pàn chuī shào. The referee blows the whistle.
- 他当裁判。 Tā dāng cái pàn. He works as a referee.
Related words
- 总裁 zǒngcái chief executive officer
- 判断 pànduàn to judge
- 谈判 tánpàn to negotiate; negotiation
- 冠军 guànjūn champion
- 竞赛 jìngsài competition
- 亚军 yàjūn runner-up
- 奖励 jiǎnglì to reward
- 胜负 shèngfù win or lose; outcome
- 成效 chéngxiào result; effect
- 失误 shīwù mistake
- 评估 pínggū to assess; to estimate
- 大奖赛 dàjiǎngsài Grand Prix