裁 - cái - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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12 strokes
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裁

cái

Definition

to cut out (as a dress)
to cut
to trim
to reduce
to diminish
to cut back (e.g. on staff)
decision
judgment

Character Decomposition

Related words (41)

裁兵

cái bīng

to reduce troop numbers; disarmament

disarmament

ruling; adjudication

to reduce; to lessen; to cut down

to crop; to trim

judgment; to referee; umpire; judge; referee

裁製

cái zhì

to tailor; to make clothes

to cut out

to cut staff; to lay off employees

to handle

to consider and decide

ruling

cut down and merge

to weigh up then decide

裁撤

cái chè

to dissolve an organisation

裁斷

cái duàn

to consider and decide

to cut back

to reply (to a letter)

tailor; dressmaker

to dismiss; to lay off

referee

judge

place of judgment; law court

裁紙機

cái zhǐ jī

trimmer; paper cutter

tailor

tailor's shop

arms reduction

arbitration

genre; style; form of writing

制裁

zhì cái

to punish; punishment; sanctions (incl. economic)

剪裁

jiǎn cái

to tailor (clothes); to trim (expenditure)

總裁

zǒng cái

director (of a business); chairman; president; governor; CEO; director-general (of a company etc)

dictatorship

to consider and decide

副總裁

fù zǒng cái

vice-chairman (of an organization); vice president (of a company); deputy governor (of a bank)

nuclear disarmament

dictator; autocrat

legal sanction; prescribed punishment; punishable by law

court ruling

economic sanctions

nǚ zhuāng cái feng shī

dressmaker

Idioms (4)

別出心裁

bié chū xīn cái

to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality; to adopt an original approach

獨出心裁

dú chū xīn cái

to be original; to do things differently; to create new styles (fashion); to display originality (idiom)

相體裁衣

xiàng tǐ cái yī

(lit.) tailor the clothes to fit the body (idiom); fig. act according to real circumstances

量體裁衣

liáng tǐ cái yī

(lit.) measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances; To live within one's means.

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