柴 caai4 {chái}- firewood
- lean (of meat)
- thin (of a person)
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柴 caai4 {Chái}surname Chai | CC | |
柴魚〔-鱼〕 caai4 jyu4 {chái yú}a stock fish; dried cod | CCY | |
柴台 caai4 toi4 {chái tái}to boo someone off stage; to disturb a performance | CCY | |
柴灣〔-湾〕 caai4 waan1 {chái wān}Chai Wan, an MTR station in Hong Kong | CCY | |
柴車〔-车〕 caai4 ce1 {chái chē}simple and crude cart (or chariot) | CC | |
柴草 caai4 cou2 {chái cǎo}firewood | CC | |
柴火 caai4 fo2 {chái huo}firewood | CC | |
柴雞〔-鸡〕 caai4 gai1 {chái jī}a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs | CC | |
柴油 caai4 jau4 {chái yóu}diesel fuel | CC | |
柴門〔-门〕 caai4 mun4 {chái mén}- lit. woodcutter's family
- humble background
- poor family background
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柴薪 caai4 san1 {chái xīn}firewood | CC | |
柴胡 caai4 wu4 {chái hú}- Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense)
- root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM)
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柴達木〔-达-〕 caai4 daat6 muk6 {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. | CC | |
柴油機〔--机〕 caai4 jau4 gei1 {chái yóu jī}diesel engine | CC | |
柴魚片〔-鱼-〕 caai4 jyu4 pin2 {chái yú piàn}katsuobushi or dried bonito flakes (paper-thin shavings of preserved skipjack tuna) | CC | |
柴禾妞 caai4 wo4 nau2 {chái hé niū}skinny and unsophisticated girl | CC | |
柴電機車〔-电机车〕 caai4 din6 gei1 ce1 {chái diàn jī chē}diesel-electric locomotive | CC | |
柴米油鹽〔---盐〕 caai4 mai5 jau4 jim4 {chái mǐ yóu yán}- lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt
- fig. life's daily necessities
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柴門小戶〔-门-户〕 caai4 mun4 siu2 wu6 {chái mén xiǎo hù}- woodcutter's cottage (idiom); poor person's hovel
- fig. my humble house
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柴達木盆地〔-达---〕 caai4 daat6 muk6 pun4 dei6 {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. | CC | |
柴科夫斯基 caai4 fo1 fu1 si1 gei1 {Chái kē fū sī jī}Piotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky (1840-1893), Russian composer, composer of 6 symphonies and the opera Eugene Onegin | CC | |
柴可夫斯基 caai4 ho2 fu1 si1 gei1 {Chái kě fū sī jī}Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer | CC | |
柴油發動機〔--发动机〕 caai4 jau4 faat3 dung6 gei1 {chái yóu fā dòng jī}diesel engine | CC | |
柴米油鹽醬醋茶〔---盐酱--〕 caai4 mai5 jau4 jim4 zoeng3 cou3 caa4 {chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá}- lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and tea
- fig. life's daily necessities
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