| 裁 | 184C30 11.71 | 部居  | 畫數 12 | ㄘㄞˊ [cai2] | ||
| N. | Form: 體裁 form and style of writing; 身裁 person's figure. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) To cut: 裁縫 tailor (“cut and sew”); 剪裁 to trim tree, cut things into shape; 裁衣 to cut a dress; to cut and trim lines; 裁詩 write poems. (2) To cut out, reduce (armament, guards, staff, budget): 裁併，裁撤，裁汰，裁減 [cai2bing4], [cai2che4], [cai2tai4], [cai2jian3]2↓; 裁員 reduce staff; 裁兵 [cai2bing1]↓. (3) To judge, make decision: 鑒裁，尊裁 your discerning decision; 裁奪，裁度，裁決 [cai2duo2], [cai2duo4], [cai2jUe2]↓. (4) To kill in 自裁 take one's own life. | |||||
| Words | 1. 裁併 [cai2bing4], v.t., reduce (administrative units) and combine into one. 2. 裁兵 [cai2bing1], v.i. & n., disarm, disarmament. 3. 裁撤 [cai2che4], v.t., abolish (post), withdraw (troops). 4. 裁成 [cai2cheng2], v.t., (AC, of Nature) to give form to all life. 5. 裁處 [cai2chu3], v.t., to cut down and dispose of (unneeded items). 6. 裁答 [cai2da2], v.i., to compose letter of reply. 7. 裁斷 [cai2duan4], v.i., to exercise judgment, decide. 8. 裁度 [cai2duo4], v.i. & t., to weigh and decide. 9. 裁奪 [cai2duo2], v.i. & t., to make decision. 10. 裁縫 [cai2feng0], n., tailor, dressmaker. 11. 裁剪 [cai2jian3]1, v.t., (1) to cut (paper, cloth) into certain shape; (2) to trim (trees), cut and give form (to book, essays, etc.). 12. 裁減 [cai2jian3]2, v.t., to cut down (budget, conscription). 13. 裁軍 [cai2zhun3], n., disarmament. 14. 裁決 [cai2jUe2], v.i., to make decision. 15. 裁可 [cai2ke3], v.t., (LL) to approve officially. 16. 裁量 [cai2liang2], v.i. & t., see [cai2duo2]↑. 17. 裁判 [cai2pan4], v.t., to hand down court decision, to pass sentence; 裁判司 magistracy; 裁判員 umpire. 18. 裁排 [cai2pai2], v.t., (MC) to arrange (matter), make possible. 19. 裁汰 [cai2tai4], v.t., eliminate (unnecessary staff, expenses); to liquidate, cause to become extinct. 20. 裁衣 [cai2yi1], v.i., to make dress. 21. 裁員 [cai2yUan2], v.i., to reduce employees. | |||||