Dictionary › 柴米油盐

柴米油盐

chái mǐ yóu yán

4-character word Traditional 柴米油鹽

What 柴米油盐 means

1. (lit.) firewood, rice, oil and salt (idiom)
2. (fig.) life's daily necessities

The characters in 柴米油盐

• 柴cháifirewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person)
• 米mǐuncooked rice; meter (unit of length); (slang) Chinese yuan
• 油yóuoil; fat; grease
• 盐yánsalt

Words starting with 柴米油盐

• 柴米油盐酱醋茶chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá(lit.) firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea…

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chái mǐ yóu yán correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.