"Judge" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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判断 pàn duàn to judge / to determine / judgment
裁判 cái pàn judgment / to referee / umpire / judge / referee / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
断 duàn to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly
法官 fǎ guān judge (in court)
评审 píng shěn to appraise / to evaluate / to judge
判定 pàn dìng to judge / to decide / judgment / determination
评判 píng pàn to judge (a competition) / to appraise
论断 lùn duàn to infer / to judge / inference / judgment / conclusion
研判 yán pàn to study and come to a conclusion / to judge / to determine
品评 pǐn píng to judge / to assess
审判员 shěn pàn yuán judge (in court)
评断 píng duàn to judge
品 pǐn (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)
判 pàn to judge / to sentence / to discriminate / to discern / clearly distinguishable
评 píng to discuss / to comment / to criticize / to judge / to choose (by public appraisal)
骘 zhì a stallion / to rise / to arrange / to stabilize / to differentiate / to judge
审判者 shěn pàn zhě judge
諟 shì to examine / to judge
裁判官 cái pàn guān judge
品议 pǐn yì to judge
品鉴 pǐn jiàn to judge / to examine / to evaluate
听断 tīng duàn to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court) / to hear and decide
𬤊 shì to examine / to judge
审判官 shěn pàn guān judge / magistrate
回避 huí bì to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc)
手下留情 shǒu xià liú qíng 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.
难说 nán shuō hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) / cannot bring oneself to say it
伯乐 Bó Lè Bo Le (horse connoisseur during Spring and Autumn Period) / a good judge of talent / talent scout
判断力 pàn duàn lì ability to judge / judgment
判官 pàn guān magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties) / mythological underworld judge
包公 Bāo gōng Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
审时度势 shěn shí duó shì to judge the hour and size up the situation / to take stock
就事论事 jiù shì lùn shì to discuss sth on its own merits / to judge the matter as it stands
审判长 shěn pàn zhǎng presiding judge
貌相 mào xiàng appearance (esp. superficial) / looks / to judge a person by appearances
庭长 tíng zhǎng presiding judge
评理 píng lǐ to judge between right and wrong / to reason things out
人不可貌相 rén bù kě mào xiàng 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[ren2 bu4 ke3 mao4 xiang4 , hai3 shui3 bu4 ke3 dou3 liang2]
狄仁杰 Dí Rén jié 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[Di2 gong1 an4] translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩[Gao1 Luo2 pei4]
断案 duàn àn to judge a case
法衣 fǎ yī robe of a Buddhist priest / ceremonial garment of a Daoist priest / robe of a judge, nun, priest etc / cassock / vestment
五鬼闹判 wǔ guǐ nào pàn 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
以貌取人 yǐ mào qǔ rén to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
征名责实 zhēng míng zé shí to seek out the real nature based on the name (idiom) / to judge sth at face value
是非自有公论 shì fēi zì yǒu gōng lùn to determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom) / Public opinion will judge what's right and wrong.
牝牡骊黄 pìn mǔ lí huáng a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom) / don't judge by outward appearance
真伪莫辨 zhēn wěi mò biàn 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)
听其言而观其行 tīng qí yán ér guān qí xíng hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects) / judge a person not by his words, but by his actions
骊黄牝牡 lí huáng pìn mǔ a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom) / don't judge by outward appearance
成败论人 chéng bài lùn rén to judge people based on their success or failure (idiom)
司线员 sī xiàn yuán line judge (tennis etc)
不以人废言 bù yǐ rén fèi yán 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
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量 rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
以人废言 yǐ rén fèi yán to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects) / to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case
夏正民 Xià Zhèng mín Justice Michael Hartmann (1944-), Hong Kong High Court judge
大唐狄公案 Dà Táng Dí Gōng àn 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[Di2 Ren2 jie2] as master sleuth
审度时势 shěn duó shí shì to examine and judge the situation
承审法官 chéng shěn fǎ guān trial judge
狄公案 Dí Gōng An4 Dee Gong An (or Judge Dee's) Cases, 18th century fantasy featuring Tang dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[Di2 Ren2 jie2] as master sleuth, translated by R.H. van Gulik as Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee
疑狱 yí yù a hard legal case to judge
听其言观其行 tīng qí yán guān qí xíng hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects) / judge a person not by his words, but by his actions
识力 shí lì discernment / the ability to judge well
量规 liáng guī 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[ping2 jia4 liang2 gui1]) rubric (i.e. a guide listing specific criteria for grading)
主审法官 zhǔ shěn fǎ guān presiding judge
一审法官 yī shěn fǎ guān judge ad quo
上诉法官 shàng sù fǎ guān judge ad quem
候补法官 hòu bǔ fǎ guān alternate judge
审案法官 shěn àn fǎ guān ad litem judge
上诉分庭法官  Appeals Chamber Judge
调查法官  investigating judge
襄审员 xiāng shěn yuán lay judge
非专业法官 fēi zhuān yè fǎ guān lay judge
审判法官 shěn pàn fǎ guān trial judge
专业法官  professional judge
职业法官  professional judge
审判分庭法官  Trial Chamber Judge
推官 tuī guān prefectural judge (in imperial China)
定谳 dìng yàn to judge a case / to render a verdict / verdict
臬台 niè tái provincial judge (in imperial China)
外协 wài xié outsourcing / people who judge others by their looks (abbr. for 外貌協會|外貌协会[wai4 mao4 xie2 hui4])
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