裁 (cái) means Cut (decide). Below are 16 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
总 裁 明天来开会。
Zǒngcái míngtiān lái kāi huì.
The president is coming to the meeting tomorrow.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 总裁
裁 判吹了一声哨。
Cáipàn chuī le yì shēng shào.
The referee blew his whistle.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 哨
他是这家公司的总 裁 。
Tā shì zhè jiā gōngsī de zǒngcái.
He is the president of this company.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 总裁
街角那位 裁 缝手艺很好。
Jiējiǎo nà wèi cáifeng shǒuyì hěn hǎo.
The tailor on the corner is very skilled.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 裁缝
这次 裁 员涉及三百多人。
Zhè cì cáiyuán shèjí sānbǎi duō rén.
These redundancies affect more than three hundred people.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 裁员
这篇作品的体 裁 是散文。
Zhè piān zuòpǐn de tǐcái shì sǎnwén.
The genre of this piece is the essay.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 体裁
不同体 裁 有不同的写法。
Bùtóng tǐcái yǒu bùtóng de xiěfǎ.
Different genres call for different ways of writing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 体裁
违法者要受到法律制 裁 。
Wéifǎ zhě yào shòudào fǎlǜ zhìcái.
Lawbreakers must face legal sanction.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 制裁
在家里搞独 裁 只会伤感情。
Zài jiā lǐ gǎo dúcái zhǐ huì shāng gǎnqíng.
Being a dictator at home only damages relationships.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 独裁
这项制 裁 对经济影响很大。
Zhè xiàng zhìcái duì jīngjì yǐngxiǎng hěn dà.
This sanction has a large impact on the economy.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 制裁
这件旗袍是老 裁 缝手工做的。
Zhè jiàn qípáo shì lǎo cáifeng shǒugōng zuò de.
This qipao was made by hand by an old tailor.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 裁缝
裁 判吹响了比赛结束的哨声。
Cáipàn chuīxiǎng le bǐsài jiéshù de shàoshēng.
The referee blew the whistle to end the match.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 裁判
公司为了降低成本开始 裁 员。
Gōngsī wèile jiàngdī chéngběn kāishǐ cáiyuán.
The company began laying off staff in order to cut costs.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 裁员
凶手最终受到了法律的制 裁 。
Xiōngshǒu zuìzhōng shòudào le fǎlǜ de zhìcái.
The murderer was finally punished by law.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 凶手
那个判罚引起了对 裁 判的质疑。
Nàge pànfá yǐnqǐ le duì cáipàn de zhìyí.
That decision raised doubts about the referee.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 裁判
这部电影讲述了反抗独 裁 的故事。
Zhè bù diànyǐng jiǎngshù le fǎnkàng dúcái de gùshi.
This film tells a story of resistance to dictatorship.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 独裁
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Words that contain 裁
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Questions about 裁
How is 裁 used in a sentence?
This page shows 16 sentences using 裁 (cái, "Cut (decide)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 裁 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 裁 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 裁?
The dictionary page for 裁 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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