裁 cái
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 衣 — cloth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
裁缝
cáifeng
tailor
Characters in this word
缝 féng
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 逢 to happen to meet
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这位裁缝凭借精湛手艺，把一件旧西装改得像量身定做的一样。 Zhè wèi cáifeng píngjiè jīngzhàn shǒuyì, bǎ yí jiàn jiù xīzhuāng gǎi de xiàng liàngshēn dìngzuò de yíyàng. With superb craftsmanship, this tailor altered an old suit so well that it looked bespoke.
- 妈妈请裁缝给我做了一件新旗袍。 Māma qǐng cáifeng gěi wǒ zuò le yí jiàn xīn qípáo. Mum asked the tailor to make me a new qipao.
- 村里的老裁缝每天都坐在门口缝衣服。 Cūn lǐ de lǎo cáifeng měi tiān dōu zuò zài ménkǒu féng yīfu. The old tailor in the village sits at his door sewing clothes every day.
Related words
- 裁判 cáipàn referee
- 总裁 zǒngcái chief executive officer
- 裁 cái to cut; to reduce; to dismiss staff
- 裁定 cáidìng to rule; to adjudicate; ruling
- 裁决 cáijué to adjudicate; to rule; ruling
- 裁员 cáiyuán to lay off staff; to cut personnel
- 体裁 tǐcái genre; literary form
- 制裁 zhìcái to sanction; sanctions
- 仲裁 zhòngcái to arbitrate; arbitration
- 缝 féng to sew; to stitch
- 缝合 fénghé to sew up; to stitch together; to suture
- 缝 fèng crack; gap; seam