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独裁 meaning in English

dúcái

dictatorship

Traditional 獨裁21 strokes

Meaning of 独裁

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dúcái
  1. dictatorship

独裁 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

民mín主zhǔ主zhǔ义yì是shì多duō数shù选xuǎn举jǔ的de独dú裁cái。
Democracy is the dictatorship of the majority.
就jiù算suàn独dú裁cái国guó家jiā是shì“闭bì上shàng你nǐ的de嘴zuǐ”，民mín主zhǔ国guó家jiā才cái是shì“当dāng你nǐ放fàng屁pì”。
Dictatorship can be summed up by "shut up!", democracy by "keep talking".
我wǒ不bú是shì独dú裁cái者zhě。
I'm not a dictator.
可kě怜lián的de人rén民mín任rèn凭píng残cán暴bào的de独dú裁cái者zhě处chǔ置zhì。
The poor people were at the mercy of the cruel dictator.

Stroke order for each character

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独 dú · alone · 9 strokes

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裁 cái · to cut out · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 独裁.

单独dāndúalone; by oneself
独自dúzìalone
独立dúlìindependent; independence
独特dútèunique; distinctive
裁判cáipàn(law) to judge; to adjudicate; verdict; judgement; (sports) to referee
总裁zǒngcáichairman; director-general (of a company etc)
孤独gūdúlonely; solitary
独一无二dúyī-wú'èr(idiom) unique; unmatched; unrivalled
裁决cáijuéruling; adjudication
独家dújiāexclusive
制裁zhìcáito punish; punishment
裁定cáidìngruling

Questions about 独裁

What does 独裁 mean?

独裁 (dúcái) means "dictatorship".

How do you write 独裁?

独裁 is made of 2 characters: 独 (9 strokes), 裁 (12 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

How is 独裁 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 独裁 is written 獨裁.