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chái

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Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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你有火 嗎?
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 9149213)

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Words Containing 柴

废柴
fèi chái

(Cantonese) (coll.) good-for-nothing

柴车
chái chē

simple and crude cart (or chariot)

柴可夫斯基
chái kě fū sī jī

Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer

引火柴
yǐn huǒ chái

kindling

柴禾妞
chái hé niū

skinny and unsophisticated girl

柴达木
chái dá mù

Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.

柴火
chái huo

firewood

木柴
mù chái

firewood

打柴
dǎ chái

to chop firewood

大柴旦行政委员会
dà chái dàn xíng zhèng wěi yuán huì

Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai

木柴堆
mù chái duī

pile of firewood

柴鱼片
chái yú piàn

katsuobushi or dried bonito flakes (paper-thin shavings of preserved skipjack tuna)

柴胡
chái hú

Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense)

大柴旦
dà chái dàn

Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[hǎi xī měng gǔ zú zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

劈柴
pǐ chai

chopped wood

柴鸡
chái jī

a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs

大柴旦行政区
dà chái dàn xíng zhèng qū

Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[hǎi xī měng gǔ zú zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

纸火柴
zhǐ huǒ chái

matches made of cardboard

劈柴
pī chái

to chop firewood

留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo

While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.

柴草
chái cǎo

firewood

柴油发动机
chái yóu fā dòng jī

diesel engine

柴犬
chái quǎn

shiba inu (Japanese dog breed)

柴门
chái mén

lit. woodcutter's family

生物柴油
shēng wù chái yóu

biodiesel

柴门小户
chái mén xiǎo hù

woodcutter's cottage (idiom); poor person's hovel

柴电机车
chái diàn jī chē

diesel-electric locomotive

布拉柴维尔
bù lā chái wéi ěr

Brazzaville, capital of Congo

大柴旦镇
dà chái dàn zhèn

Da Qaidam town in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[hǎi xī měng gǔ zú zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

骨瘦如柴
gǔ shòu rú chái

as thin as a match

引柴
yǐn chái

kindling (to light a fire)

烈火干柴
liè huǒ gān chái

lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile

满口胡柴
mǎn kǒu hú chái

to spout nonsense

柴达木盆地
chái dá mù pén dì

Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.

众人拾柴火焰高
zhòng rén shí chái huǒ yàn gāo

when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (idiom)

柴薪
chái xīn

firewood

柴米油盐
chái mǐ yóu yán

lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt

火柴
huǒ chái

match (for lighting fire)

芦柴棒
lú chái bàng

reed stem

柴油机
chái yóu jī

diesel engine

北柴胡
běi chái hú

honewort

柴油
chái yóu

diesel fuel

磨刀不误砍柴工
mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng

lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)

柴科夫斯基
chái kē fū sī jī

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky (1840-1893), Russian composer, composer of 6 symphonies and the opera Eugene Onegin

柴米油盐酱醋茶
chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá

lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and tea