柴
Ancient forms
2 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
chái chai2
- firewood
- lean (of meat)
- thin (of a person)
- surname Chai
Example sentences
- There should be a box of matches in the top drawer.
- Do you have a match? I'm sorry, but I don't smoke.
HSK words with 柴
More words with 柴
- 柴车 cháichē simple and crude cart (or chariot)
- 柴门 cháimén lit. woodcutter's family
- 打柴 dǎchái to chop firewood
- 柴火 cháihuo plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc)
- 木柴 mùchái firewood
- 柴草 cháicǎo firewood
- 柴鸡 cháijī a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs
- 柴胡 cháihú Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense)
- 引柴 yǐnchái kindling (to light a fire)
- 柴犬 cháiquǎn shiba inu (Japanese dog breed)