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司法

sī fǎ

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

司法 (sī fǎ) means "judicial; (administration of) justice". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 司法 means

1. judicial
2. (administration of) justice

The characters in 司法

• 司sīto take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)
• 法fǎlaw; method; way

Example sentences

• 你曾是一宗司法案件的证人？
  Nǐ céng shì yī zōng sīfǎ ànjiàn de zhèngrén?
  Have you ever served as a witness in a court case?
• 美国的司法制度是世界上最好的。
  The legal system in America is the world's finest.
• 这些指控令人震惊:洗钱、逃税和妨碍司法公正。
  Zhèxiē zhǐkòng lìngrén zhènjīng: xǐqián, táoshuì hé fáng'ài sīfǎ gōngzhèng.
  The accusations are shocking: money laundering, tax evasion and obstruction of justice.

Words starting with 司法

• 司法部Sī fǎ bùMinistry of Justice (PRC etc); Justice Department (USA etc)
• 司法机关sī fǎ jī guānjudicial authorities
• 司法权sī fǎ quánjurisdiction
• 司法人员sī fǎ rén yuánjudicial officer
• 司法院Sī fǎ yuànJudicial Yuan, the high court under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
• 司法官sī fǎ guān(Taiwan) judges and prosecutors
• 司法独立sī fǎ dú lìjudicial independence

Words containing 司法

• 公司法gōng sī fǎcorporations law; company law; corporate law

Sounds the same

Read sī fǎ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 私法private law

Where 司法 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shuàn–sī (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read sī fǎ correctly.
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