裁斷

See also: 裁断

Chinese

		cut out (as a dress); cut; trim cut out (as a dress); cut; trim; reduce; diminish; decision; judgement	to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly
trad. (裁斷)		裁	斷
simp. (裁断)		裁	断

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáiduàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ dyun³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhâi-toǎn / chhâi-toàn / chhâi-toān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cáiduàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cáiduàn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai²-tuan⁴
    • Yale: tsái-dwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsairduann
    • Palladius: цайдуань (cajduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ tu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi⁴ dyun³
    • Yale: chòih dyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ dyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ dün³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ tyːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâi-toǎn
    • Tâi-lô: tshâi-tuǎn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai²⁴⁻²² tuan²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâi-toàn
    • Tâi-lô: tshâi-tuàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhai'doaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai²⁴⁻²² tuan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai²⁴⁻¹¹ tuan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai²³⁻³³ tuan²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai¹³⁻²² tuan²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâi-toān
    • Tâi-lô: tshâi-tuān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhai'doan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai²³⁻³³ tuan³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai²⁴⁻¹¹ tuan³³/

Verb

裁斷

1. to consider and judge; to reach a decision

Synonyms

• 下結論／下结论 (xià jiélùn)
• 判定 (pàndìng)
• 判斷／判断 (pànduàn)
• 判決／判决 (pànjué)
• 斬截／斩截 (Min Nan)
• 斷定／断定 (duàndìng)
• 裁 (cái) (literary, or in compounds)
• 裁奪／裁夺 (cáiduó)
• 裁酌 (cáizhuó) (formal)
• 評／评 (píng) (literary, or in compounds)