The Chinese word 判断力 (pànduànlì), meaning "judgment" or "discernment", is a compound noun formed through a common morphological process in Chinese. It combines the verb 判断 (pànduàn, "to judge; to determine"), which itself is a compound of the characters 判 (to decide) and 断 (to sever/conclude), with the noun-forming suffix 力 (lì, "power; ability; force"). Structurally, it follows a Verb + 力 pattern, where the suffix 力 transforms the action of "judging" into the abstract capacity or faculty of "judgment", effectively denoting "the power/ability to judge". This construction is analogous to other words like 理解力 (lǐjiělì, "power of comprehension") or 记忆力 (jìyìlì, "memory power").