柴

caai6

[[firewood]] | chaaih 柴 — [firewood] paper taper for use in drug taking (OS;

柴

zaai6

lean (of meat) | firewood | thin (of a person) | a surname | chevron, stripes of

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)