Chinese symbol for “referee”
裁判员
cái pàn yuán
Traditional: 裁判員
referee
The closest CC-CEDICT match for referee is 裁判员 (cái pàn yuán), defined as: referee.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “referee”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 主裁判 | zhǔ cái pàn | (sports) referee; umpire |
| 主裁 | zhǔ cái | (sports) to referee; to umpire; to officiate; referee; umpire (abbr. for 主裁判 (zhǔ cái pàn)) |
| 裁判 | cái pàn | (law) to judge; to adjudicate; verdict; judgement; (sports) to referee |
| 批阅 (批閱) | pī yuè | to read through to evaluate; to referee |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 裁判员.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 总裁 (總裁) | zǒng cái | chairman; director-general (of a company etc) |
| 制裁 | zhì cái | to punish; punishment |
| 独裁 (獨裁) | dú cái | dictatorship |
| 裁决 (裁決) | cái jué | ruling; adjudication |
| 裁判 | cái pàn | (law) to judge; to adjudicate; verdict; judgement; (sports) to referee |
| 裁定 | cái dìng | ruling |
| 审判 (審判) | shěn pàn | a trial; to try sb |
| 判断 (判斷) | pàn duàn | to judge; to determine; judgment |
| 委员会 (委員會) | wěi yuán huì | committee; commission |
See also: Japanese symbol for “referee”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.