Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 柴

firewood
lean (of meat)
thin (of a person)

surname Chai

diesel fuel

Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense)
root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM)

firewood

shiba inu (Japanese dog breed)

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

firewood

Shibata (Japanese surname and place name)

chopped wood
firewood

to chop firewood
to split logs

kindling (to light a fire)

simple and crude cart (or chariot)

to chop firewood
to gather firewood

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

firewood

firewood

lit. woodcutter's family
humble background
poor family background

match (for lighting fire)
CL:根 (gēn),盒 (hé)

matches made of cardboard

skinny and unsophisticated girl

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

kindling

reed stem
(fig.) extremely skinny person

pile of firewood
funeral pyre

honewort
Cryptotaenia japonica

diesel engine

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

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.

Dàcháidànzhèn

Da Qaidam town in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州 ( Hǎixī Měnggǔzú Zàngzúzìzhìzhōu), Qinghai

cháidiànjīchē

diesel-electric locomotive

cháiménxiǎohù

woodcutter's cottage (idiom); poor person's hovel
fig. my humble house

lièhuǒgānchái

lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile
fig. consuming passion between lovers

mǎnkǒuhúchái

to spout nonsense
to bullshit endlessly

shēngwùcháiyóu

biodiesel

gǔshòurúchái

as thin as a match
emaciated (idiom)

cháimǐyóuyán

lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt
fig. life's daily necessities

Cháidámùpéndì

柴达木盆地

[柴達木盆地]

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.

cháiyóufādòngjī

柴油发动机

[柴油發動機]

diesel engine

Cháikěfūsījī

柴可夫斯基

[柴可夫斯基]

Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer

Bùlācháiwéi'ěr

布拉柴维尔

[布拉柴維爾]

Brazzaville, capital of Congo

Cháikēfūsījī

柴科夫斯基

[柴科夫斯基]

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

Dàcháidànxíngzhèngqū

大柴旦行政区

[大柴旦行政區]

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

zhòngrénshícháihuǒyàngāo

众人拾柴火焰高

[眾人拾柴火焰高]

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

módāobùwùkǎncháigōng

磨刀不误砍柴工

[磨刀不誤砍柴工]

lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)
fig. time invested in preparations is not lost
a beard well lathered is half shaved

cháimǐyóuyánjiàngcùchá

柴米油盐酱醋茶

[柴米油鹽醬醋茶]

lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and tea
fig. life's daily necessities

bùdāngjiābùzhīcháimǐguì

不当家不知柴米贵

[不當家不知柴米貴]

a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)

Dàcháidànxíngzhèngwěiyuánhuì

大柴旦行政委员会

[大柴旦行政委員會]

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

liúdeqīngshānzài,bùpàméicháishāo

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧

[留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒]

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