裁判 meaning in English

cáipàn

(law) to judge; to adjudicate; verdict; judgement; (sports) to referee

HSK 5verbnoun19 strokes

Meaning of 裁判

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

cáipàn

(law) to judge; to adjudicate; verdict; judgement
(sports) to referee
(sports) umpire; referee; judge

How to use 裁判

In everyday talk 裁判 most often means a sports referee or umpire, and it can also be a verb for refereeing a game. In legal contexts it means to adjudicate or a court verdict, though 判决 (pànjué) and 审判 (shěnpàn) are more common there. Example: 裁判吹哨了。(Cáipàn chuī shào le.) The referee blew the whistle.

裁 (cái) means to cut or decide, and 判 (pàn) means to judge or tell apart. A referee cuts through the argument and judges who is right, so 裁判 is the person or act of judging.

Common mistake: Learners often mix up 裁 (cái) with 栽 (zāi, to plant) and 载 (zài, to carry), which share the same top part. Remember that 裁 has 衣 (clothing) at the bottom, like cutting cloth. Also keep the tones straight: cái is second tone and pàn is fourth tone.

裁判 in example sentences

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

裁cái判pàn根gēn据jù有yǒu利lì原yuán则zé，举jǔ起qǐ手shǒu示shì意yì继jì续xù进jìn攻gōng。

The referee, according to principle of advantage, raised his hand and motioned for the advance to continue.

在zài他tā的de裁cái判pàn下xià，真zhēn相xiàng终zhōng于yú大dà白bái。

The truth finally came out at his trial.

我wǒ被bèi要yāo求qiú当dāng这zhè场chǎng比bǐ赛sài的de裁cái判pàn。

I was asked to umpire the game.

守shǒu门mén员yuán用yòng手shǒu碰pèng到dào了le球qiú，裁cái判pàn给gěi了le对duì方fāng一yí个gè角jiǎo球qiú。

When the goalkeeper touched the ball, the referee awarded the other team a corner kick.

他tā们men似sì乎hū得dé罪zuì了le裁cái判pàn。

They seemed to offend the referee.

Stroke order for each character

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裁 cái · to cut out · 12 strokes

判 pàn · to differentiate · 7 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 裁判.

判断	pànduàn	to judge; to determine; judgment
谈判	tánpàn	to negotiate; negotiation
总裁	zǒngcái	chairman; director-general (of a company etc)
审判	shěnpàn	a trial; to try sb
判决	pànjué	judgment (by a court of law); to pass judgment on
裁决	cáijué	ruling; adjudication
制裁	zhìcái	to punish; punishment
评判	píngpàn	to judge (a competition); to appraise
判定	pàndìng	to judge; to decide
裁定	cáidìng	ruling
批判	pīpàn	to criticize; critique
判处	pànchǔ	to sentence; to condemn

Questions about 裁判

What does 裁判 mean?

裁判 (cáipàn) means "(law) to judge; to adjudicate; verdict; judgement; (sports) to referee" and is used as a verb and noun.

How do you write 裁判?

裁判 is made of 2 characters: 裁 (12 strokes), 判 (7 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 裁判 an HSK word?

Yes. 裁判 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How do you say 'the referee made a bad call' in Chinese?

You can say 裁判判错了 (cáipàn pàn cuò le), literally 'the referee judged wrongly.' Fans also complain with 黑哨 (hēishào), a 'black whistle,' meaning a biased or bribed referee.

What is the difference between 裁判 and 判断?

裁判 is about officially ruling on a game or a legal case, often by a referee or court. 判断 (pànduàn) is general judgment in thinking, like deciding whether something is true. You would say 我判断他是对的 (wǒ pànduàn tā shì duì de), not 裁判, for a personal opinion.