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Chinese
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firewood
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grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty |
| trad. (柴草)
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柴
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草
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| simp. #(柴草)
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柴
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草
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Pronunciation
Noun
柴草
- (literary, Southern Min) kindling wood and straw (for starting a fire)
- (Shanghainese) straw
- (Puxian Min) wood; log; timber; lumber
Synonyms
(kindling wood and straw):
- 柴火 (cháihuo)
- 柴禾 (cháihé)
- 木柴 (mùchái)
- (Hakka) 木樵 (muk-chhèu)
- (Northern Min) 火樵
(wood, timber):
- 木料 (mùliào)
- 木材 (mùcái)
- 木頭／木头 (mùtou)
- 材幹／材干 (cáigān) (Classical Chinese)
- 柴塊／柴块 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 柴料 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
See also
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “柴草”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 107.