Chinese word

判

Pronunciation

Pinyinpàn

Meaning

  • verbjudge

Example

裁判员判他犯规了。cái pàn yuán pàn tā fàn guī le

The referee judged that he had committed a foul.

Illustration for 判 (judge)

More examples

医生初步判定病因，需要进一步检查。yī shēng chū bù pàn dìng bìng yīn xū yào jìn yí bù jiǎn chá

The doctor made a preliminary judgment about the cause of the illness, and further examination is needed.

Core concept

The act of weighing a matter and giving it a definite outcome.

Common phrases

  • 判定pàn dìng

    determine

  • 初步判定chū bù pàn dìng

    make a preliminary judgment

  • 判定为pàn dìng wéi

    judge to be

Similar words

决定jué dìng: To settle on one choice from several options or plans.
判断pàn duàn: To examine information or observations and determine whether something is right or valuable.
评价píng jià: To give a spoken or written assessment of something's quality or value using set standards.
断定duàn dìng: To state a conclusion as definite because evidence or reasons support it.

Definition in Chinese

根据证据或情况，对事物作出判断或裁定。gēn jù zhèng jù huò qíng kuàng duì shì wù zuò chū pàn duàn huò cái dìng

Word origin

判 (pàn, "judge") is a phonetic-semantic character: 半 (bàn, "half") supplies its sound, while 刀 (dāo, "knife") points to the older sense of separating or cutting, which extended to deciding matters.

Usage tips

  • This verb often belongs to formal decisions, competitions, and rule-based disputes rather than casual personal opinions.

Other meanings

  • ruleverb

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