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裁

cái

HSK 5 Character

What 裁 means

1. to cut out (as a dress)
2. to cut
3. to trim
4. to reduce
5. to diminish
6. to cut back (e.g. on staff)
7. decision
8. judgment

Example sentences

• 我不是独裁者。
  Wǒ bù shì dúcáizhě.
  I'm not a dictator.
• 你裁切纸张了吗？
  Nǐ cáiqiē zhǐzhāng le ma?
  Did you cut the paper?
• 我的裁缝很有钱。
  My tailor is rich.
• 她裁下布制作绷带。
  She cut up the cloth to make bandages.
• 他裁开了那个信封。
  He cut the envelope open.
• 他们似乎得罪了裁判。
  Tāmen sìhū dézuì le cáipàn.
  They seemed to offend the referee.

Words starting with 裁

• 裁判cái pàn(law) to judge; to adjudicate; verdict; judgement; (sports) to referee; (sports) umpire…
• 裁缝cái féngto make an item of clothing; to tailor
• 裁员cái yuánto cut staff; to lay off employees
• 裁决cái juéruling; adjudication
• 裁定cái dìngruling
• 裁判员cái pàn yuánreferee
• 裁剪cái jiǎnto cut out
• 裁减cái jiǎnto reduce; to lessen; to cut down
• 裁并cái bìngcut down and merge
• 裁人cái rénto cut staff; to lay off employees
• 裁切cái qiēto crop; to trim
• 裁度cái duó(formal) to make a judgement call; to decide
• 裁处cái chǔto handle
• 裁制cái zhìto tailor; to make clothes
• 裁军cái jūndisarmament
• 裁判官cái pàn guānjudge
• 裁判所cái pàn suǒplace of judgment; law court
• 裁断cái duànto consider and decide
• 裁答cái dáto reply (to a letter)
• 裁革cái géto dismiss; to lay off
• 裁兵cái bīngto reduce troop numbers; disarmament
• 裁纸机cái zhǐ jītrimmer; paper cutter
• 裁撤cái chèto dissolve (a department etc); to eliminate (positions)
• 裁夺cái duóto consider and decide

Words containing 裁

• 总裁zǒng cáichairman; director-general (of a company etc)
• 独裁dú cáidictatorship
• 制裁zhì cáito punish; punishment; sanctions (incl. economic)
• 仲裁zhòng cáiarbitration
• 独裁者dú cái zhědictator; autocrat
• 体裁tǐ cáigenre; style; form of writing
• 别出心裁bié chū xīn cáito hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality; to adopt an original approach
• 剪裁jiǎn cáito tailor (clothes); to trim (expenditure)
• 主裁判zhǔ cái pàn(sports) referee; umpire
• 主裁zhǔ cái(sports) to referee; to umpire; to officiate; referee; umpire (abbr. for 主裁判
• 自裁zì cái(literary) to kill oneself; to commit suicide
• 核裁军hé cái jūnnuclear disarmament
• 法律制裁fǎ lǜ zhì cáilegal sanction; prescribed punishment; punishable by law
• 法院裁决fǎ yuàn cái juécourt ruling
• 独出心裁dú chū xīn cáito display originality (idiom); to do things differently
• 经济制裁jīng jì zhì cáieconomic sanctions
• 相体裁衣xiàng tǐ cái yīlit. tailor the clothes to fit the body (idiom); fig. act according to real circumstances
• 量体裁衣liàng tǐ cái yī(lit.) to cut cloth according to the body (idiom); (fig.) to act according to actual…
• 副总裁fù zǒng cáivice-chairman (of an organization); vice president (of a company)…
• 酌裁zhuó cáito consider and decide
• 段玉裁Duàn Yù cáiDuan Yucai (1735-1815), author of Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) 说文解字注
• 霸道总裁bà dào zǒng cáihandsome high-powered businessman…
• 看菜吃饭，量体裁衣kàn cài chī fàn , liàng tǐ cái yīlit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom)…

Characters built on 土

These share the phonetic component 土 (tǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…
• 载zǎito record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. zài
• 埃āidust; dirt; angstrom
• 戴dàito put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear
• 埋máito bury
• 栽zāito plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb
• 哉zāi(exclamatory or interrogative particle)
• 埭dàidam

Characters that look like 裁

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 数shùnumber; figure; several; a few
• 教jiāoto teach; to instruct
• 窥kuīto peep; to pry into
• 煎jiānto pan fry; to sauté
• 敛liǎn(literary) to hold back; (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect…
• 蒺jíTribulus terrestris

Sounds the same

Read cái, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 才ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual
• 材material; timber; ability
• 财money; wealth; riches