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HSK 6
HSK 6
HSK 5
HSK 6
HSK 6
裁
cái
1.
to cut out (as a dress)
2.
to cut
3.
to trim
4.
to reduce
5.
to diminish
6.
to cut back (e.g. on staff)
7.
decision
8.
judgment
Very Common • Top 3%
✏️ 12 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
仲裁
zhòngcái
arbitration
制裁
zhìcái
to punish
剪裁
jiǎncái
to tailor (clothes)
独裁
dúcái
dictatorship
总裁
zǒngcái
chairman
裁并
cáibìng
cut down and merge
裁兵
cáibīng
to reduce troop numbers
裁切
cáiqiē
to crop
裁判
cáipàn
judgment
裁剪
cáijiǎn
to cut out
裁员
cáiyuán
to cut staff
裁夺
cáiduó
to consider and decide
裁定
cáidìng
ruling
裁度
cáidù
to weigh up then decide
裁撤
cáichè
to dissolve an organisation
裁断
cáiduàn
to consider and decide
裁汰
cáitài
to cut back
裁决
cáijué
ruling
裁减
cáijiǎn
to reduce
裁答
cáidá
to reply (to a letter)
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 5
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,202
- Word Frequency Rank
- 2,935 of 84,292