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› 柴
柴
caai6
Cantonese
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[[firewood]]
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[[firewood]]
2
chaaih 柴 — [firewood] paper taper for use in drug taking (OS; dgd 27, 20); chevron, stripes of rank (OS).
3
chaaih hó fū 柴可夫 — a driver, a chauffeur (djh 408, 27).
4
chaaih tóih 柴台 — [to trample stage] to break up a show, to disrupt a performance; to discourage somebody (gwdl 92, 18).
5
chaaih túi 柴牙 — teeth (OS).
6
chaaih wàa wàa 柴嗱嗱 — used to describe a group of people spending time together in a relaxed manner (gwj2).
Other Readings
柴
zaai6
lean (of meat) | firewood | thin (of a person) | a surname | chevron, stripes of
柴
caai4
firewood; faggot; brushwood; fuel
Words containing 柴
標松柴
biu1
cung4
caai4
to describe a collusion (often illegal | secretive) to obtain benefits
搣柴
mit1
caai4
(of a cop) be demoted
劃火柴
waak6
fo2
caai4/4*2
to strike a match
劈柴
pek3
caai4
to split firewood; kindling, firewood
大柴
daai6
caai4
a police seargant [colloquial]
瘦骨如柴煲碌竹
sau3
gwat1
jyu4
caai4
bou1
luk1
zuk1
Extremely thin; as thin as a stick
大好沉香當爛柴
daai6
hou2
cam4
hoeng1
dong3
laan6
caai4
wasting one's potentials
柴灣
caai4
waan1
Chai Wan, an MTR station in Hong Kong
柴把
caai4
baa2
faggot (as in firewood)
茅柴
maau4
caai4
bad wine
好天收埋柴雨柴
hou2
tin3
sau1
maai4
lok6
ju5
caai4
[[in good weather gather firewood for when it rains]] [in good weather gather fi
落雨收柴
lok6
jui6
sau1
caai4
[[to collect firewood in the rain]] to do a task carelessly.
打柴
daa2
caai4
to gather firewood; [粵]: dead, of no further use, cannot be used
條褲貴利租過柴
tiu4
fu3
gwai3
lei6
zou1
gwo3
caai4
[[every loan from a loan-shark is thicker than firewood]] to be loaded down with
柴可夫
caai4
ho2
fu1
a chauffeur [colloquial]
憂柴憂米
jau1
caai4
jau1
mai5
verb; literally, worry about wood and rice, which means people worry about livin
橫紋刀劈扭紋柴
waang4
man5
dou1
pek3
nau2
man4
caai4
two stubborn people being forced together
火柴盒
fo2
caai4
hap2
matchbox
光棍遇着冇皮柴
gwong1
gwan3
jyu6
zoek6
mou5
pei4
caai4
one trying to extort or blackmail from a poor
雜柴
zaap6
caai4
mixed firewood (inferior quality to pine firewood)
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