Chinese word

裁判

Pronunciation

Pinyincái pàn

Meaning

  • nounreferee

Example

裁判吹哨了，比赛暂停。cái pàn chuī shào le bǐ sài zàn tíng

The referee blew the whistle, and the game was paused.

Illustration for 裁判 (referee)

More examples

法院对该案作出裁判。fǎ yuàn duì gāi àn zuò chū cái pàn

The court issued a judgment in the case.

Core concept

The authority that separates competing claims and gives the contest or dispute a final result.

Common phrases

  • 民事裁判mín shì cái pàn

    civil judgment

  • 刑事裁判xíng shì cái pàn

    criminal judgment

  • 裁判结果cái pàn jié guǒ

    judgment result

Similar words

判决pàn jué: The final decision reached by a court or formal hearing in a case.
诉讼sù sòng: The legal process of taking a dispute to court for resolution.
仲裁zhòng cái: A process that lets an agreed third party decide how to settle a dispute.

Definition in Chinese

对争议事实和法律关系作出判断并确定权利、义务或相应法律后果的裁定或判决行为及其形成的结论。duì zhēng yì shì shí hé fǎ lǜ guān xì zuò chū pàn duàn bìng què dìng quán lì yì wù huò xiāng yìng fǎ lǜ hòu guǒ de cái dìng huò pàn jué xíng wéi jí qí xíng chéng de jié lùn

Word origin

裁判 (cáipàn, "official decision or referee") joins 裁 (cái, "cut and arrange") and 判 (pàn, "divide and decide"), a compact picture of sorting competing sides and determining the result.

Usage tips

  • English usually keeps the person who decides apart from the decision itself, but Chinese lets context assign 裁判 (cáipàn, "referee or judgment") to either role.

Other meanings

  • decisionnoun
  • judgmentnoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 裁判权cái pàn quánjudicial powernoun
  • 裁判庭cái pàn tíngcourtroomnoun

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