裁 cái

1. cái verb to cut out
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '裁'; Guoyu '裁' v 1; Kroll 2015 '裁' 1a, p. 30; Unihan '裁')
2. cái verb to cut to shape; to tailor
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 缝制 (Guoyu '裁' v 2; Kroll 2015 '裁' 1, p. 30)
3. cái noun a pattern; a model
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 格式 (Guoyu '裁' n; Kroll 2015 '裁' 2, p. 30)
4. cái verb to control; to regulate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 控制, as in 独裁 dictatorship (Guoyu '裁' v 6; Kroll 2015 '裁' 3, p. 30)
5. cái noun an implant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In agriculture(Kroll 2015 '裁' 4, p. 30)
6. cái verb to determine; to judge
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 判断 (CC-CEDICT '裁'; Guoyu '裁' v 4; Kroll 2015 '裁' 3, p. 30)
7. cái verb to measure
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 量度 (Guoyu '裁' v 5)
8. cái verb to kill
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 杀 (Guoyu '裁' v 7)
9. cái verb to compose; to write
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 写作 (Guoyu '裁' v 8;)
10. cái adverb just
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 纔 (Guoyu '裁' adv; Kroll 2015 '裁' 5, p. 30)
11. cái verb to decrease
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 削減 (CC-CEDICT '裁'; Guoyu '裁' v 3; Unihan '裁')

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• 裁度 to weigh up then decide
• 独裁政体(獨裁政體) autocracy
• 看菜吃饭，量体裁衣(看菜吃飯，量體裁衣) eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body; to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure; to act according to actual circumstances
• 裁处(裁處) to handle
• 裁夺(裁奪) to consider and decide
• 裁切 to crop; to trim
• 裁缝店(裁縫店) tailor's shop
• 裁判官 judge
• 称体裁衣(稱體裁衣) measure the figure and cut garments accordingly; for each to be in agreement
• 裁剪 to cut out
• 独出心裁(獨出心裁) to display originality; to do things differently
• 裁制(裁製) to tailor; to make clothes
• 法律制裁 legal sanction; prescribed punishment; punishable by law
• 法院裁决(法院裁決) court ruling
• 仲裁机构(仲裁機構) an arbiter
• 裁定 a ruling
• 裁减(裁減) to reduce; to lessen; to cut down
• 裁缝(裁縫) dressmaking ; tailor; dressmaker
• 裁断(裁斷) to consider and decide
• 裁撤 to dissolve an organisation
• 裁汰 to cut back
• 裁纸机(裁紙機) trimmer; paper cutter
• 裁兵 to reduce troop numbers; disarmament
• 裁减军备(裁減軍備) arms reduction
• 独裁(獨裁) to rule by dictatorship
• 女装裁缝师(女裝裁縫師) dressmaker
• 裁革 to dismiss; to lay off
• 相体裁衣(相體裁衣) tailor the clothes to fit the body; act according to real circumstances
• 裁并(裁並) cut down and merge
• 仲裁 to arbitrate; to mediate
• 裁判所 place of judgment; law court
• 裁判 umpire; judge; referee ; to umpire; to referee ; to judge
• 量体裁衣(量體裁衣) measure the body then tailor the suit; to act according to actual circumstances
• 裁答 to reply (to a letter)
• 别出心裁(別出心裁) to start something uniquely new
• 核裁军(核裁軍) nuclear disarmament
• 裁缝师(裁縫師) tailor
• 独裁者(獨裁者) dictator; autocrat
• 酌裁 to consider and decide
• 段玉裁 Duan Yucai
• 制裁 to punish
• 裁员(裁員) to cut staff; to lay off employees
• 裁决(裁決) to judge; to adjudicate ; a judge
• 剪裁 to tailor (clothes); to trim (expenditure)
• 副总裁(副總裁) vice-chairman (of an organization); vice president (of a company); deputy governor (of a bank)
• 裁判员(裁判員) referee
• 体裁(體裁) a genre; a style; a form of writing
• 总裁(總裁) chairman; general manager ; decision maker ; chief
• 裁军(裁軍) disarmament

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• 卷六十七 黨錮列傳 Volume 67: Biographies of Partisan Prohibitions Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 7
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Collocations

• 陛下裁 (陛下裁) 唯陛下裁察 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷四十九 爰盎晁錯傳 Volume 49: Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo — count: 7
• 裁大 (裁大) 裁大者 — Guanzi 管子, 形勢第二 Chapter 2: Circumstances — count: 5
• 裁察 (裁察) 唯陛下裁察 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷四十九 爰盎晁錯傳 Volume 49: Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo — count: 5
• 裁令 (裁令) 陂池裁令流水而已 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷一下 光武帝紀 Volume 1b: Annals of Emperor Guangwu — count: 4
• 不知所以裁 (不知所以裁) 不知所以裁之 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 5. 《公冶長》Gong Ye Chang — count: 4
• 裁成 (裁成) 裁成義類者 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 序 Preface — count: 3
• 裁置 (裁置) 裁置吏卒守焉 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七十三 韋賢傳 Volume 73: Wei Xian — count: 3
• 裁足 (裁足) 祠祀裁足 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七 孝桓帝紀 Volume 7: Annals of Emperor Xiaohuan — count: 3
• 裁食 (裁食) 諸子裁食數縣 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十上 皇后紀 Volume 10a: Annals of Empresses 1 — count: 2
• 陂池裁 (陂池裁) 陂池裁令流水而已 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷一下 光武帝紀 Volume 1b: Annals of Emperor Guangwu — count: 2