柴 (caai4 | chai2) : firewood; faggot

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柴

caai4

chai2

firewood; faggot; brushwood; fuel

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 9

Level: 1

Radical: 木 (#75)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

柴

Don't confuse with:
紫

This word has been viewed 11054 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 28th Feb 2014 13:50

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火柴人 fo2 caai4*2 jan4 = skinny; matchstick man

砍柴 ham2 caai4 kan3 chai2 = to chop wood 國

柴油 caai4 jau4 chai2 you2 = diesel

柴灣 caai4 waan1 = Chai Wan (MTR station)

柴把 caai4 baa2 = faggot (as in firewood)

柴魚 caai4 jyu4*2 = dried cod

廢柴 fai3 caai4 = dead wood; useless 粵

柴可夫 caai4 ho2 fu1 = chauffeur

劃火柴 waak6 fo2 caai4/4*2 = to strike a match

劈柴 pek3 caai4 pi3 chai5 = to split firewood; kindling, firewood
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Showing 1 example containing 柴

佢著嚫高踭鞋都拗柴。
Every time she wears high-heels she twists her ankle.
[[粵] V-嚫 ... 都... Pattern the means every time someone does something, such and such will happen.]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 柴
Unicode code for this character: U+67f4 (off-site link)

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