柴

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What 柴 means

surname Chai; firewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person)

Pictophonetic: semantic 木 (wood), phonetic 此

Made of 此 + 木

Words with 柴

• 火柴huǒ cháimatch (for lighting fire)
• 柴火chái huoplant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc)
• 柴油chái yóudiesel fuel
• 废柴fèi chái(Cantonese) (coll.) good-for-nothing; loser
• 木柴mù cháifirewood
• 骨瘦如柴gǔ shòu rú chái(idiom) as thin as a match; emaciated
• 北柴胡běi chái húhonewort; Cryptotaenia japonica
• 引柴yǐn cháikindling (to light a fire)
• 引火柴yǐn huǒ cháikindling
• 打柴dǎ cháito chop firewood; to gather firewood
• 柴油机chái yóu jīdiesel engine
• 柴胡chái húChinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense); root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM)

柴 in a sentence

• 这根湿掉的火柴点不出火的。

  zhè gēn shī diào de huǒ chái diǎn bù chū huǒ de 。

  This damp match won't light.

• 他摔断了椅子当柴火。

  tā shuāi duàn le yǐ zi dāng chái huǒ 。

  He broke up the chair for firewood.

• 这个取暖装置用柴油作为燃料。

  zhè ge qǔ nuǎn zhuāng zhì yòng chái yóu zuò wéi rán liào 。

  This heating equipment uses diesel as fuel.

• 再往火里添些木柴。

  zài wǎng huǒ lǐ tiān xiē mù chái 。

  Put some more wood on the fire.

• 干柴烧得旺。

  gān chái shāo dé wàng 。

  Dry wood burns well.

Characters that sound like 柴

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