裁 (coi4 | cai2) : cut paper or cloth; reduce; adjudicate

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裁

coi4

cai2

[1] cut paper or cloth (with knife or scissors) into parts
[2] reduce; cut down; dismiss
[3] adjudicate; judge; rule; decide
[4] (of art) select and plan; form of writing

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Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: (#145)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

裁

Don't confuse with:
栽

This word has been viewed 6491 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Oct 2010 02:00

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行政總裁 hang4 zing3 zung2 coi4 = CEO 粵

制裁 zai3 coi4 zhi4 cai2 = sanctions (usu. economic)

裁軍 coi4 gwan1 cai2 jun1 = disarmament

裁縫 coi4 fung4*2 cai2 feng2 = tailor; dressmaker

裁決 coi4 kyut3 cai2 jue2 = ruling; adjudication; judgment

裁判 coi4 pun3 cai2 pan4 = to referee; to judge; [n] judge; referee; umpire; judgement

獨裁 duk6 coi4 du2 cai2 = dictatorship

仲裁 zung6 coi4 zhong4 cai2 = to arbitrate; arbitration

提交仲裁 tai4 gaau1 zung6 coi4 ti2 jiao1 zhong4 cai2 = submission for arbitration

總裁 zung2 coi4 zong3 cai2 = chairman, CEO
See all 30 compounds (CantoDict reports 35 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 裁
Unicode code for this character: U+88c1 (off-site link)

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