| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 火柴 | 火柴 | huǒ chái | huo3 chai2 | match (for lighting fire); Classifiers: 根 | ||
| 2 | 柴 | 柴 | chái | Chai2 | firewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person); surname Chai | ||
| 3 | 柴油机 | 柴油機 | chái yóu jī | chai2 you2 ji1 | diesel engine | ||
| 4 | 柴可夫斯基 | 柴可夫斯基 | chái kě fū sī jī | Chai2 ke3 fu1 si1 ji1 | Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer | ||
| 5 | 不当家不知柴米贵 | 不當家不知柴米貴 | bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì | bu4 dang1 jia1 bu4 zhi1 chai2 mi3 gui4 | a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom) | ||
| 6 | 磨刀不误砍柴工 | 磨刀不誤砍柴工 | mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng | mo2 dao1 bu4 wu4 kan3 chai2 gong1 | lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom); fig. time invested in preparations is not lost; a beard well lathered is half shaved | ||
| 7 | 众人拾柴火焰高 | 眾人拾柴火焰高 | zhòng rén shí chái huǒ yàn gāo | zhong4 ren2 shi2 chai2 huo3 yan4 gao1 | when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (idiom); the more people, the more strength | ||
| 8 | 柴草 | 柴草 | chái cǎo | chai2 cao3 | firewood | ||
| 9 | 北柴胡 | 北柴胡 | běi chái hú | bei3 chai2 hu2 | honewort; Cryptotaenia japonica | ||
| 10 | 布拉柴维尔 | 布拉柴維爾 | bù lā chái wéi ěr | Bu4 la1 chai2 wei2 er3 | Brazzaville, capital of Congo | ||
| 11 | 柴油发动机 | 柴油發動機 | chái yóu fā dòng jī | chai2 you2 fa1 dong4 ji1 | diesel engine | ||
| 12 | 柴油 | 柴油 | chái yóu | chai2 you2 | diesel fuel | ||
| 13 | 不怕没柴烧 | 不怕沒柴燒 | bù pà méi chái shāo | bu4 pa4 mei2 chai2 shao1 | No need to worry about running out of firewood | ||
| 14 | 柴田 | 柴田 | chái tián | Chai2 tian2 | Shibata (Japanese surname and place name) | ||
| 15 | 柴米油盐酱醋茶 | 柴米油鹽醬醋茶 | chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá | chai2 mi3 you2 yan2 jiang4 cu4 cha2 | lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and tea; fig. life's daily necessities | ||
| 16 | 柴米油盐 | 柴米油鹽 | chái mǐ yóu yán | chai2 mi3 you2 yan2 | lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt; fig. life's daily necessities | ||
| 17 | 柴门小户 | 柴門小戶 | chái mén xiǎo hù | chai2 men2 xiao3 hu4 | woodcutter's cottage (idiom); poor person's hovel; fig. my humble house | ||
| 18 | 柴达木 | 柴達木 | chái dá mù | Chai2 da2 mu4 | Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. | ||
| 19 | 柴车 | 柴車 | chái chē | chai2 che1 | simple and crude cart (or chariot) | ||
| 20 | 柴科夫斯基 | 柴科夫斯基 | chái kē fū sī jī | Chai2 ke1 fu1 si1 ji1 | Piotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky (1840-1893), Russian composer, composer of 6 symphonies and the opera Eugene Onegin | ||
| 21 | 柴鸡 | 柴雞 | chái jī | chai2 ji1 | a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs | ||
| 22 | 柴火 | 柴火 | chái huo | chai2 huo5 | firewood | ||
| 23 | 柴胡 | 柴胡 | chái hú | chai2 hu2 | Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense); root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM) | ||
| 24 | 柴禾妞 | 柴禾妞 | chái hé niū | chai2 he2 niu1 | skinny and unsophisticated girl | ||
| 25 | 柴电机车 | 柴電機車 | chái diàn jī chē | chai2 dian4 ji1 che1 | diesel-electric locomotive |
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