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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *断* | 断* | *断
to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly
HSK 3
to judge / to determine / judgment
HSK 3
judge (in court)
HSK 4
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  *品* | 品* | *品
(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods / (bound form) grade; rank / kind; type; variety / character; disposition; nature; temperament / to taste sth; to sample / to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute)
HSK 5
to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc)
HSK 5
(law) to judge; to adjudicate; verdict; judgement / (sports) to referee / (sports) umpire; referee; judge
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *评* | 评* | *评
to discuss / to comment / to criticize / to judge / to choose (by public appraisal)
HSK 6
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  *判* | 判* | *判
(bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish / (bound form) clearly (different) / to judge; to decide; to grade / (of a judge) to sentence
HSK 6
to appraise / to evaluate / to judge
HSK 7-9
to judge / to decide / judgment / determination
HSK 7-9
evaluation committee; judging panel / judging panel member; adjudicator (abbr. for 評選委員會委員|评选委员会委员)
HSK 7-9
hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) / cannot bring oneself to say it
HSK 7-9
to judge (a competition) / to appraise
HSK 7-9
thereby / judging from this
HSK 7-9
to judge / to examine / to evaluate
to infer / to judge / inference / judgment / conclusion
Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
gauge that is held against an object to judge thickness, diameter etc, such as a feeler gauge, calipers etc / (abbr. for 評價量規|评价量规) rubric (i.e. a guide listing specific criteria for grading)
to judge / to assess
presiding judge
judge's desk / complex legal case / contentious issue / koan (Zen Buddhism)
to judge between right and wrong / to reason things out
to judge the hour and size up the situation / to take stock
appearance (esp. superficial) / looks / to judge a person by appearances
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  *骘* | 骘* | *骘
a stallion / to rise / to arrange / to stabilize / to differentiate / to judge
to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me / Do not judge me too harshly. / Look favorably on my humble efforts.
to judge a case
magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties) / mythological underworld judge
to discuss sth on its own merits / to judge the matter as it stands
to judge
robe of a Buddhist priest / ceremonial garment of a Daoist priest / robe of a judge, nun, priest etc / cassock / vestment
can't judge true or false (idiom); unable to distinguish the genuine from the fake / not to know whether to believe (what one reads in the news)
line judge (tennis etc)
a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance
to study and come to a conclusion / to judge / to determine
discernment / the ability to judge well
Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee, 1949 novel by R.H. van Gulik, featuring Tang Dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰 as master sleuth
you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom) / you can't judge a book by its cover / often in combination 人不可貌相海水不可斗量
judge
Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)
Gideon (name, from Judges 6:11 onward) / also written 吉迪恩
Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends / master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案 translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩
Gideon (name, from Judges 6:11 onward) / also written 基甸
Book of Judges
judge (in court)
provincial judge (in imperial China)
Samson, biblical figure in the Book of Judges known for his strength and feats against the Philistines
judge / magistrate
to determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom) / Public opinion will judge what's right and wrong.
(idiom) to evaluate the merits and demerits of; (esp. in formal, ethical or societal contexts) to critique; to judge
to judge a case / to render a verdict / verdict
(law) collegiate bench / panel of judges
judge
to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case
ability to judge / judgment
prefectural judge (in imperial China)
Jephthah (Hebrew: Yiftach) son of Gilead, Judges 11-foll.
not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
outsourcing / people who judge others by their looks (abbr. for 外貌協會|外貌协会)
Dee Gong An (or Judge Dee's) Cases, 18th century fantasy featuring Tang dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰 as master sleuth, translated by R.H. van Gulik as Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee
to seek out the real nature based on the name (idiom); to judge sth at face value
a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance
hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions
to judge people based on their success or failure (idiom)
hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions
Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
a book is not judged by its cover (idiom)
(Tw) judges and prosecutors
to judge
Justice Michael Hartmann (1944-), Hong Kong High Court judge
presiding judge
to examine and judge the situation
trial judge
a hard legal case to judge
to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court) / to hear and decide
jury / panel of judges
to examine / to judge
one is judged by the company one keeps (idiom)


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