- 柴油 cháiyóu dieseldiesel fuel
- 火柴 huǒchái matchmatch (for lighting fire)
- 柴油机 cháiyóujī diesel engine
- 柴胡 cháihú bupleurum rootthe dried root of Chinese thorowax used as a medicinal herb in traditional Chinese medicine
- 柴火 cháihuo firewoodplant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc)
- 骨瘦如柴 gǔshòurúchái emaciated(idiom) as thin as a match; emaciated
- 柴米油盐 cháimǐyóuyán necessitieslife's daily necessities; the basic requirements of domestic life
- 干柴 gānchái dry firewooddry firewood or kindling
- 木柴 mùchái firewood
- 柴草 cháicǎo firewood
- 劈柴 pīchái chop firewoodto split logs or wood into smaller pieces for use as fuel
- 柴可夫斯基 Cháikěfūsījī TchaikovskyPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer
- 柴达木盆地 Cháidámùpéndì Qaidam BasinQaidam Basin (Tsaidam), a large depression northeast of the Tibetan Plateau, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan.
- 火柴盒 huǒcháihé matchboxa small box, typically made of cardboard or thin wood, designed to hold matches and often having a striking surface on one or more sides
- 柴禾 cháihé firewoodplant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc)
- 柴达木 Cháidámù Qaidam BasinQaidam or Tsaidam basin, a depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan.
- 柴米油盐酱醋茶 cháimǐyóuyánjiàngcùchá daily necessitiesthe basic items required for daily life, literally referring to firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea
- 众人拾柴火焰高 zhòngrénshícháihuǒyàngāo collective strengthMany hands make light work; collective effort leads to greater results.
- 柴科夫斯基 Cháikēfūsījī TchaikovskyPiotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer, composer of 6 symphonies and the opera Eugene Onegin
- 布拉柴维尔 Bùlācháiwéi'ěr BrazzavilleBrazzaville, capital of Congo
- 柴门 cháimén brushwood gatea gate made of twigs or sticks, literally referring to a woodcutter's family home or a rustic dwelling
- 磨刀不误砍柴工 módāobùwùkǎncháigōng preparationTime spent preparing for a task is not wasted and will lead to better results; sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer.
- 柴田 Cháitián ShibataJapanese surname and place name
- 大柴旦 Dàcháidàn Da QaidamDa Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai
- 烈火干柴 lièhuǒgānchái consuming passionThe intense, irresistible mutual attraction or sexual passion between lovers.
- 满口胡柴 mǎnkǒuhúchái nonsenseto spout nonsense or speak irresponsibly and untruthfully
- 引柴 yǐnchái kindlingkindling used to light a fire
- 柴薪 cháixīn firewood
- 北柴胡 běicháihú honeworthonewort (Cryptotaenia japonica)
- 大柴旦行政区 Dàcháidànxíngzhèngqū Da QaidamDa Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai
- 大柴旦行政委员会 Dàcháidànxíngzhèngwěiyuánhuì Da QaidamDa Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture [[海西蒙古族藏族自治州|海西蒙古族藏族自治州|Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]], Qinghai
- 废柴 fèichái losera good-for-nothing or useless person (originally Cantonese slang)
- 引火柴 yǐnhuǒchái kindling
- 打柴 dǎchái gather firewoodto collect or cut wood for use as fuel
- 柴油发动机 cháiyóufādòngjī diesel engine
- 柴油车 cháiyóuchē diesel vehiclea vehicle powered by a diesel engine
- 柴犬 cháiquǎn shiba inushiba inu (Japanese dog breed)
- 柴电机车 cháidiànjīchē diesel-electric locomotive
- 柴禾妞 cháihéniū country girl(dialect) a country girl or an unsophisticated girl
- 不当家不知柴米贵 bùdāngjiābùzhīcháimǐguì unaware of costsa person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is
- 柴车 cháichē crude cartsimple and crude cart or chariot
- 柴门小户 cháiménxiǎohù hovela woodcutter's cottage or a poor person's small house
- 柴鱼片 cháiyúpiàn dried bonito flakeskatsuobushi or dried bonito flakes (paper-thin shavings of preserved skipjack tuna)
- 柴鸡 cháijī free-range chickenA variety of small free-range chicken with furless legs that lays smaller eggs.
- 火柴人 huǒcháirén stick figurestick figure; stick person
- 生物柴油 shēngwùcháiyóu biodiesel
- 留得青山在,不怕没柴烧 liúdeqīngshānzài, bùpàméicháishāo hope remainsWhile the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn; where there's life there's hope.
- 纸火柴 zhǐhuǒchái paper matchesmatches made of cardboard
- 芦柴棒 lúcháibàng reed stemthe stalk or stem of a reed
Sources
- Frequency data
- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH