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裁判

cái pàn · cai pan

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 5Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. (law) to judge; to adjudicate; verdict; judgement
  2. (sports) to referee
  3. (sports) umpire; referee; judge
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The referee is my mum

  1. Liangliang

    裁判(cáipàn)！刚才(gāngcái)是(shì)他(tā)先(xiān)碰(pèng)我(wǒ)的(de)！

    Referee! He touched me first just now!

  2. Dengdeng

    别(bié)喊(hǎn)了(le)，裁判(cáipàn)看(kàn)得(de)很(hěn)清楚(qīngchu)。

    Stop shouting. The referee saw it clearly.

  3. Liangliang

    这个(zhège)裁判(cáipàn)是不是(shìbùshì)没(méi)戴(dài)眼镜(yǎnjìng)？

    Is this referee not wearing glasses?

  4. Dengdeng

    小声(xiǎoshēng)点(diǎn)！裁判(cáipàn)是(shì)我(wǒ)妈妈(māma)。

    Quiet! The referee is my mum.

  5. Liangliang

    啊(a)？那(nà)……我(wǒ)是(shì)说(shuō)，今天(jīntiān)的(de)裁判(cáipàn)很(hěn)公平(gōngpíng)！

    Huh? Well, I mean, the referee is very fair today!

  6. Dengdeng

    完了(wánle)，她(tā)听(tīng)到(dào)了(le)。

    Uh-oh. She heard you.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

裁(cái)判(pàn)吹(chuī)哨(shào)两(liǎng)次(cì)，向(xiàng)大(dà)家(jiā)宣(xuān)布(bù)已(yǐ)经(jīng)终(zhōng)场(chǎng)。

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

Tatoeba: Chinese by trieuho · English by trieuho · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

比(bǐ)赛(sài)结(jié)束(shù)后(hòu)，裁(cái)判(pàn)仔(zǐ)细(xì)查(chá)看(kàn)了(le)录(lù)像(xiàng)回(huí)放(fàng)。

After the match ended, the referee carefully reviewed the video replay.

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