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cái

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cái Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cái | cai2
English translation
to cut out (as a dress)
to cut
to trim
to reduce
to diminish
to cut back (e.g. on staff)
decision
judgment
to trim, to reduce, to cut; judgment

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About cái

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

cái

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

To cut  cloth 

Etymology of cái

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿹⿱十戈衣

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Example sentences using cái

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裁判员 cái pàn yuán chuī shào ,宣布 xuānbù 比赛 bǐsài 结束 jiéshù .

The referee blew his whistle to end the match.

àn 暂停 zàn tíng Zhōng 只是 zhǐ shì 提醒 tíxǐng 裁判 cáipàn ,暂停 zàn tíng 只有 zhǐyǒu zài 裁判 cáipàn chuī shào Hòu cái 开始 kāishǐ .

Begins when an official blows his whistle and gives the time - out signal.

dāng qiú bèi rēng le 进来 jìn lái , 裁判 cáipàn chuī shào 宣布 xuānbù 全场 quán chǎng 比赛 bǐsài 结束 jiéshù .

As the ball went in, the referee blew whistle for full time.

裁判员 cái pàn yuán chuī shào le .

There goes the ref's whistle.

) shuí jiāng 出任 chū rèn ( zhè cháng 足球赛 zú qiú sài de )裁判 cáipàn ?

Who is going to referee ( the football match?

Words with cái

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
总裁 zǒngcái chairman總裁
裁判 cáipàn judgment裁判 cáipàn
裁决 cái jué ruling裁決
制裁 zhìcái to punish制裁 zhìcái
cái to cut cái
裁定 cái dìng ruling裁定 cái dìng
副总裁 fù zǒng cái vice-chairman (of an organization)副總裁
仲裁 zhòng cái arbitration仲裁 zhòng cái
裁缝 cáiféng tailor裁縫
裁员 cáiyuán to cut staff裁員
独裁 dúcái dictatorship獨裁
独裁者 dú cái zhě dictator獨裁者
裁判员 cái pàn yuán referee裁判員
剪裁 jiǎn cái to tailor (clothes)剪裁 jiǎn cái
裁军 cái jūn disarmament裁軍
裁减 cái jiǎn to reduce裁減
裁剪 cái jiǎn to cut out裁剪 cái jiǎn
别出心裁 bié chū xīn cái to adopt an original approach別出心裁
体裁 tǐcái genre體裁
裁缝店 cái féng diàn tailor's shop裁縫店
裁断 cái duàn to consider and decide裁斷
量体裁衣 liáng tǐ cái yī To live within one's means.量體裁衣
裁撤 cái chè to dissolve an organisation裁撤 cái chè

cái Decomposition & Compounds

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cái Decomposition

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