| 1 | 柴 | 柴 | chái | chai2 | firewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person); surname Chai | | |
| 2 | 柴油机 | 柴油機 | chái yóu jī | chai2 you2 ji1 | diesel engine | | |
| 3 | 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 | | |
| 4 | 柴鱼片 | 柴魚片 | chái yú piàn | chai2 yu2 pian4 | katsuobushi or dried bonito flakes (paper-thin shavings of preserved skipjack tuna) | | |
| 5 | 柴油发动机 | 柴油發動機 | chái yóu fā dòng jī | chai2 you2 fa1 dong4 ji1 | diesel engine | | |
| 6 | 柴油 | 柴油 | chái yóu | chai2 you2 | diesel fuel | | |
| 7 | 柴薪 | 柴薪 | chái xīn | chai2 xin1 | firewood | | |
| 8 | 柴田 | 柴田 | chái tián | Chai2 tian2 | Shibata (Japanese surname and place name) | | |
| 9 | 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 | | |
| 10 | 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 | | |
| 11 | 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 | | |
| 12 | 柴门 | 柴門 | chái mén | chai2 men2 | lit. woodcutter's family; humble background; poor family background | | |
| 13 | 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 | | |
| 14 | 柴鸡 | 柴雞 | chái jī | chai2 ji1 | a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs | | |
| 15 | 柴火 | 柴火 | chái huo | chai2 huo5 | firewood | | |
| 16 | 柴胡 | 柴胡 | chái hú | chai2 hu2 | Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense); root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM) | | |
| 17 | 柴禾妞 | 柴禾妞 | chái hé niū | chai2 he2 niu1 | skinny and unsophisticated girl | | |
| 18 | 柴电机车 | 柴電機車 | chái diàn jī chē | chai2 dian4 ji1 che1 | diesel-electric locomotive | | |
| 19 | 柴达木盆地 | 柴達木盆地 | chái dá mù pén dì | Chai2 da2 mu4 pen2 di4 | 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. | | |
| 20 | 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. | | |
| 21 | 柴车 | 柴車 | chái chē | chai2 che1 | simple and crude cart (or chariot) | | |
| 22 | 柴草 | 柴草 | chái cǎo | chai2 cao3 | firewood | | |