Dictionary › 钗
钗
chāi
What 钗 means
- hairpin
Words containing 钗
- 薛宝钗Xuē Bǎo chāiXue Baochai, female character in Dream of Red Mansions, married to Jia Baoyu 贾宝玉
- 发钗fà chāihair clip
Sounds the same
Read chāi, tone for tone, but written differently.
- 拆to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart
- 差to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand; job; official post
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- How characters are built from components.
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- The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chāi correctly.
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