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柴

chái

HSK 5 Character

What 柴 means

1. firewood
2. lean (of meat)
3. thin (of a person)

Other readings

柴 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Cháisurname Chai

Example sentences

• 您有火柴吗？
  Nín yǒu huǒchái ma?
  Do you have a match?
• 干柴烧得旺。
  Gàn chái shāo de wàng.
  Dry wood burns well.
• 他划了一根火柴。
  He struck a match.
• 再往火里添些木柴。
  Zài wǎng huǒ lǐ tiān xiē mùchái.
  Put some more wood on the fire.
• 他摔断了椅子当柴火。
  Tā shuāiduàn le yǐzi dāng cháihuo.
  He broke up the chair for firewood.
• 这收音机不比火柴盒大。
  This radio is no bigger than a matchbox.

Words starting with 柴

• 柴油chái yóudiesel fuel
• 柴火chái huoplant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc)
• 柴米油盐chái mǐ yóu yán(lit.) firewood, rice, oil and salt (idiom); (fig.) life's daily necessities
• 柴可夫斯基Chái kě fū sī jīTchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer
• 柴禾chái héplant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc)
• 柴油机chái yóu jīdiesel engine
• 柴草chái cǎofirewood
• 柴田Chái tiánShibata (Japanese surname and place name)
• 柴胡chái húChinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense); root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM)
• 柴薪chái xīnfirewood
• 柴车chái chēsimple and crude cart (or chariot)
• 柴门chái ménlit. woodcutter's family; humble background; poor family background
• 柴鸡chái jīa variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs
• 柴桑区Chái sāng QūChaisang, a district of Jiujiang City 九江市
• 柴达木Chái dá mùTsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of…
• 柴鱼片chái yú piànkatsuobushi or dried bonito flakes (paper-thin shavings of preserved skipjack tuna)
• 柴门小户chái mén xiǎo hùwoodcutter's cottage (idiom); poor person's hovel; fig. my humble house
• 柴电机车chái diàn jī chēdiesel-electric locomotive
• 柴油发动机chái yóu fā dòng jīdiesel engine
• 柴科夫斯基Chái kē fū sī jīPiotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky (1840-1893), Russian composer, composer of 6 symphonies and the…
• 柴达木盆地Chái dá mù pén dìTsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of…
• 柴犬chái quǎnshiba inu (Japanese dog breed)
• 柴禾妞chái hé niū(dialect) country girl; unsophisticated girl
• 柴米油盐酱醋茶chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá(lit.) firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea…

Words containing 柴

• 火柴huǒ cháimatch (for lighting fire)
• 木柴mù cháifirewood
• 劈柴pī cháito chop firewood; to split logs
• 骨瘦如柴gǔ shòu rú chái(idiom) as thin as a match; emaciated
• 废柴fèi chái(Cantonese) (coll.) good-for-nothing; loser
• 引柴yǐn cháikindling (to light a fire)
• 打柴dǎ cháito chop firewood; to gather firewood
• 豆柴dòu cháia small-sized Shiba Inu dog (often marketed as "Mame Shiba", not a recognized breed)
• 北柴胡běi chái húhonewort; Cryptotaenia japonica
• 大柴旦Dà chái dànDa Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture…
• 引火柴yǐn huǒ cháikindling
• 火柴人huǒ chái rénstick figure; stick person
• 纸火柴zhǐ huǒ cháimatches made of cardboard
• 干柴烈火gān chái liè huǒ(idiom) explosive mutual passion; blaze of passion (esp. between lovers)
• 满口胡柴mǎn kǒu hú cháito spout nonsense; to bullshit endlessly
• 生物柴油shēng wù chái yóubiodiesel
• 布拉柴维尔Bù lā chái wéi ěrBrazzaville, capital of Congo
• 大柴旦行政区Dà chái dàn xíng zhèng qūDa Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture…
• 芦柴棒lú chái bàngreed stem; (fig.) extremely skinny person
• 不当家不知柴米贵bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guìa person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
• 大柴旦行政委员会Dà chái dàn xíng zhèng wěi yuán huìDa Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture…
• 磨刀不误砍柴工mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōnglit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)…
• 众人拾柴火焰高zhòng rén shí chái huǒ yàn gāo(lit.) when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (proverb)…
• 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāoWhile the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's…

Characters that look like 柴

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 架jiàto support; frame; rack
• 染rǎnto dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc)
• 乘chéngto ride; to mount; to make use of
• 荣róngglory; honor; thriving
• 梁liángroof beam; beam (structure); bridge
• 栗lì(literary) cold; chilly; (bound form) to tremble with fear

Sounds the same

Read chái, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 侪a class; a company; companion
• 豺dog-like animal; ravenous beast; dhole (Cuon Alpinus)