柴
Chái
Pinyin

Definition

柴
 - 
chái
  1. firewood
  2. lean (of meat)
  3. thin (of a person)
柴
 - 
Chái
  1. surname Chai

Character Decomposition

Related Words (18)

柴
Chái
  1. 1 surname Chai
火柴
huǒ chái
  1. 1 match (for lighting fire)
  2. 2 CL:根[gēn],盒[hé]
劈柴
pī chái
  1. 1 to chop firewood
  2. 2 to split logs
废柴
fèi chái
  1. 1 (Cantonese) (coll.) good-for-nothing
  2. 2 loser
柴可夫斯基
Chái kě fū sī jī
  1. 1 Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer
柴油
chái yóu
  1. 1 diesel fuel
柴火
chái huo
  1. 1 firewood
柴米油盐
chái mǐ yóu yán
  1. 1 lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt
  2. 2 fig. life's daily necessities
骨瘦如柴
gǔ shòu rú chái
  1. 1 as thin as a match
  2. 2 emaciated (idiom)
木柴
mù chái
  1. 1 firewood
柴油机
chái yóu jī
  1. 1 diesel engine
柴禾妞
chái hé niū
  1. 1 skinny and unsophisticated girl
柴科夫斯基
Chái kē fū sī jī
  1. 1 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky (1840-1893), Russian composer, composer of 6 symphonies and the opera Eugene Onegin
柴胡
chái hú
  1. 1 Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense)
  2. 2 root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM)
柴草
chái cǎo
  1. 1 firewood
柴达木
Chái dá mù
  1. 1 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.
柴门
chái mén
  1. 1 lit. woodcutter's family
  2. 2 humble background
  3. 3 poor family background
柴鸡
chái jī
  1. 1 a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs

Idioms (7)

不当家不知柴米贵
bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì
  1. 1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
柴门小户
chái mén xiǎo hù
  1. 1 woodcutter's cottage (idiom); poor person's hovel
  2. 2 fig. my humble house
烈火干柴
liè huǒ gān chái
  1. 1 lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile
  2. 2 fig. consuming passion between lovers
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo
  1. 1 While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
众人拾柴火焰高
zhòng rén shí chái huǒ yàn gāo
  1. 1 when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (idiom)
  2. 2 the more people, the more strength
磨刀不误砍柴工
mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng
  1. 1 lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. time invested in preparations is not lost
  3. 3 a beard well lathered is half shaved
骨瘦如柴
gǔ shòu rú chái
  1. 1 as thin as a match
  2. 2 emaciated (idiom)

Sample Sentences

在丽水市庆元县，当地菇农用电力代替柴火烘干香菇，不仅节约了生产成本，还减轻了生产过程中的烟尘污染。
zài Líshuǐshì Qìngyuánxiàn ，dāngdì gū Nóng yòng diànlì dàitì cháihuo hōnggān xiānggū ，bùjǐn jiéyuē le shēngchǎnchéngběn ，hái jiǎnqīng le shēngchǎn guòchéng zhōng de yānchén wūrǎn 。
In Qingyuan County, Lishui City, a local mushroom farm uses electricity instead of firewood to dry mushrooms. This not only saves production costs, but also reduces smoke pollution during production.
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香菇种植大户吴发友说，村里以前靠柴火烘干香菇，每年要浪费十多万元的香菇。
xiānggū zhòngzhí dàhù wúfāyǒu shuō ，cūnlǐ yǐqián kào cháihuo hōnggān xiānggū ，měinián yào làngfèi shí duō wàn yuán de xiānggū 。
Wu Fayou, a large mushroom grower, said previously mushrooms were dried by firewood in the village. This has led to more than 100,000 yuan of shiitake mushrooms wastage every year.
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哎！留得青山在，不怕没柴烧...
āi ！liúdé qīngshān zài，bú pà méi chái shāo ...
Oh! There's plenty of life in the old dog yet...
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烧柴？我拿把柴，烧了这臭女人！
shāo chái ？wǒ ná bǎ chái ，shāo le zhè chòu nǚrén ！
Talking of dogs, that ugly dog of a woman should be put to sleep!
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日暮掩柴扉；
rìmù yǎn cháifēi ；
I shut the wooden door at dusk;
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火柴
huǒchái
match
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那个青年人在房间里找到了一个大水壶和一个小火灶。他把水壶灌满水之后，却发现没有柴。于是，青年人便到门外找了一些柴回来。可是水壶太大，而柴太少，水没有烧开。
nàge qīngniánrén zài fángjiān lǐ zhǎodào le yī gè dà shuǐhú hé yī gè xiǎo huǒzào 。tā bǎ shuǐhú guàn mǎn shuǐ zhīhòu ，què fāxiàn méiyǒu chái 。yúshì ，qīngniánrén biàn dào ménwài zhǎo le yīxiē chái huílai 。kěshì shuǐhú tài dà ，ér chái tài shǎo ，shuǐ méiyǒu shāokāi 。
The young man found a big water kettle and a little stove. After filling up the kettle, he realized he didn't have any firewood so he went out and collected some. However, the kettle was too large and there wasn't enough firewood. The water wouldn't boil.
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这个时候，禅师问青年人：“如果没有足够的柴，你应该怎样把水烧开？”青年人想了一会儿，摇了摇头。禅师接着说：“如果那样的话，就该把水壶里的水倒掉一些！”青年人若有所思地点了点头。
zhège shíhòu ，chánshī wèn qīngniánrén ：“rúguǒ méiyǒu zúgòu de chái ，nǐ yīnggāi zěnyàng bǎ shuǐ shāokāi ？”qīngniánrén xiǎng le yīhuǐr ，yáo le yáo tóu 。chánshī jiē zhe shuō ：“rúguǒ nàyàng dehuà ，jiù gāi bǎ shuǐhú lǐ de shuǐ dào diào yīxiē ！”qīngniánrén ruòyǒusuǒsī de diǎn le diǎn tóu 。
When this happened, the master said to the young man, 'If you don't have enough wood, how are you going to boil the water?' The young man thought for a while and shook his head. The master continued, 'In situations like this, just pour out some of the water!' Lost in thought, the young man nodded his head.
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禅师说：“你一开始踌躇满志，树立了太多的目标，就像这个大水壶装了太多水一样，而你又没有足够的柴，所以不能把水烧开。要想把水烧开，你或者倒出一些水，或者先去准备更多的柴。”
chánshī shuō ：“nǐ yīkāishǐ chóuchúmǎnzhì ，shùlì le tài duō de mùbiāo ，jiù xiàng zhè ge dà shuǐhú zhuāng le tài duō shuǐ yīyàng ，ér nǐ yòu méiyǒu zúgòu de chái ，suǒyǐ bùnéng bǎ shuǐ shāokāi 。yào xiǎng bǎ shuǐ shāokāi ，nǐ huò zhě dào chū yīxiē shuǐ ，huò zhě xiān qù zhǔnbèi gèngduō de chái 。”
The master said, 'At first, you were smug and you had too many goals. You were just like this kettle with too much water in it. Also, you didn't have enough firewood, so you couldn't bring your water to a boil. If you want to bring your water to a boil, you have to either pour out some of your water, or first prepare more firewood.'
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可不是嘛，现在每个国家都非常重视环境和能源问题，都在喊节能减排。不管怎么样，这种更新换代肯定是有前途的。就像以前电灯取代了蜡烛，打火机代替了火柴一样。
kěbushì ma ，xiànzài měige guójiā dōu fēicháng zhòngshì huánjìng hé néngyuán wèntí ，dōu zài hǎn jiénéngjiǎnpái 。bùguǎn zěnmeyàng ，zhèzhǒng gēngxīnhuàndài kěndìng shì yǒu qiántú de 。jiù xiàng yǐqián diàndēng qǔdài le làzhú ，dǎhuǒjī dàitì le huǒchái yīyàng 。
Exactly. Right now, every country is placing great importance on problems of environmental protection and new energy. They're all calling for energy conservation and waste reduction. No matter what, this kind of replacing certainly has promise. It's like in the past when light bulbs replaced candles, and lighters were used in place of matches.
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