审判长 (shěn pàn zhǎng) — presiding judge (in a court of law)

Definition

noun

presiding judge (in a court of law)

Measure word · 位

审判长，。
shěn pàn zhǎng Xuān bù kāi tíng hòu, quán tǐ qǐ lì.
After the presiding judge announced the court session, everyone stood up.
，审判长。
Běn àn yóu sān wèi fǎ guān zǔ chéng hé yì tíng, shěn pàn zhǎng zhǔ chí shěn lǐ.
This case is heard by a collegial panel of three judges, with the presiding judge overseeing the trial.
审判长。
shěn pàn zhǎng Zài pàn jué shū shàng qiān le zì.
The presiding judge signed the written judgment.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

审判try a case

联合Side by side

审判 refers to trying a case; 长 marks the person in charge of it.

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.

宀釆田審

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

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

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.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 長; 长 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 長 pictures an old man with long hair. The simplified 长 is a later shorthand, so its strokes do not show that original picture.