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柴
chái
1. firewood
2. lean (of meat)
3. thin (of a person)
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

柴
chái
firewood, faggots, fuel; surname
HSK 5 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

劈柴
pīchái
to chop firewood
劈柴
pǐchái
chopped wood
废柴
fèichái
(Cantonese) (coll.) good-for-nothing
引柴
yǐnchái
kindling (to light a fire)
打柴
dǎchái
to chop firewood
木柴
mùchái
firewood
柴油
cháiyóu
diesel fuel
HSK 6
柴火
cháihuo
firewood
柴胡
cháihú
Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense)
柴草
cháicǎo
firewood
柴薪
cháixīn
firewood
柴车
cháichē
simple and crude cart (or chariot)
柴门
cháimén
lit. woodcutter's family
柴鸡
cháijī
a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs
火柴
huǒchái
match (for lighting fire)
HSK 5
北柴胡
běicháihú
honewort
大柴旦
Dàcháidàn
Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture [[海西蒙古族藏族自治州<HǎixīMěnggǔzúZàngzúzìzhìzhōu>]], Qinghai
引火柴
yǐnhuǒchái
kindling
木柴堆
mùcháiduī
pile of firewood
柴油机
cháiyóujī
diesel engine

Alternate Entries

柴
Chái
surname Chai

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,980
Word Frequency Rank
4,211 of 84,292