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审判 (shěn pàn) — to try (a legal case), to judge

Definition

审判 is specifically the legal sense 'to try a case / to judge in court' (a court or judge as subject). 判决 focuses on the resulting sentence, and 评判 is non-legal 'to appraise'.

verb
to try (a legal case)to judge

Examples

  • 审判。
    Fǎ guān zhèng zài shěn pàn zhè ge fù zá de àn jiàn.
    The judge is currently trying this complicated case.
  • 审判。
    Zhè ge zuì fàn bèi shěn pàn hòu pàn le xíng.
    After this criminal was tried, he was sentenced.
  • 审判。
    Fǎ yuàn míng tiān jiāng shěn pàn liǎng míng xián yí rén.
    The court will try two suspects tomorrow.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

审shěnexamine
判pànjudge

审判 joins 审 (examine) and 判 (judge), referring to trying a case in court.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 審; 审 is its simplified writing.

  • 宀宀miánroof
  • 釆釆biànto distinguish
  • 田田tián

The simplified 审 abbreviates the traditional 審, which is built from 宀 (roof) and 釆 (to distinguish); the lower 田 is uncertain.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
刀刀dāoknife
Sound part声符shēngfú
半
半bàn判pàn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

判 combines 刀, a knife, with 半, which provides the sound.

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