HSK 6 · Sport

裁判 cáipàn “referee” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 裁判 means

  1. referee
  2. umpire
  3. to judge
  4. (law) to judge
  5. to adjudicate
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • verdict
  • judgement
  • (sports) to referee
  • (sports) umpire

How to say 裁判

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale裁cái2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale判pàn4th tone, falling

裁判 in a sentence

  1. 我被要求当这场比赛的裁判。

    Wǒ bèi yāoqiú dāng zhè chǎng bǐsài de cáipàn.

    I was asked to referee this match.

    Sentence #881189 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 裁判吹哨两次，向大家宣布已经终场。

    Cáipàn chuīshào liǎng cì, xiàng dàjiā xuānbù yǐjīng zhōngchǎng.

    The referee blew the whistle twice to tell everyone it was full time.

    Sentence #3579522 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 裁判抛硬币来决定谁来开球。

    Cáipàn pāo yìngbì lái juédìng shéi lái kāiqiú.

    The referee tossed a coin to decide who would kick off.

    Sentence #3579612 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 裁判 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 裁 (cái) with each of its parts in a different colour
裁cáito cut out
  • 十ten · shí
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 衣clothes · yī
The character 判 (pàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
判pànto differentiate; to distinguish
  • 半half · bànSound part
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part

刂 hints at the meaning (knife); 半 (bàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with pàn.

How to write 裁判

裁 12 strokes · 判 7 strokes

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裁判 (cáipàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 裁判 (cáipàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 裁判

Words with 裁

总裁zǒngcái · president (of a company)裁缝cáifeng · tailor裁员cáiyuán · to cut staff独裁dúcái · dictatorship制裁zhìcái · sanctions体裁tǐcái · genre

Words with 判

判断pànduàn · to judge谈判tánpàn · to negotiate批判pīpàn · to criticise判决pànjué · verdict审判shěnpàn · to try (in court)

More words: Sport & Leisure

象棋xiàngqí · Chinese chess业余yèyú · spare-time游览yóulǎn · to go sightseeing娱乐yúlè · to entertain打猎dǎliè · to hunt防守fángshǒu · to defend较量jiàoliàng · contest季军jìjūn · third place

FAQs

裁判 (cáipàn) means “referee” or “umpire”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cáipàn: cái with a 2nd tone, then pàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 裁判 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type caipan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 裁判 from the suggestions. Typing caipan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
裁判 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.