劈柴

Chinese

		split in two; divide; hack split in two; divide; hack; chop; split open	firewood
trad. (劈柴)		劈	柴
simp. ^#(劈柴)		劈	柴

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pīchái

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄔㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pek³ caai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pīchái
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄔㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pichái
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi¹-chʻai²
  - Yale: pī-chái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pichair
  - Palladius: пичай (pičaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pek³ caai⁴
  - Yale: pek chàaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pek⁸ tsaai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pég³ cai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɛːk̚³ t͡sʰaːi̯²¹/

Verb

劈⫽柴 (verb-object)

to chop firewood; to split logs

Synonyms

打柴 (dǎchái)
砍柴 (kǎnchái)
(Hokkien) 剉柴, 破柴

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pǐchái, pīchai

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˇ ㄔㄞˊ, ㄆㄧ ˙ㄔㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pek³ caai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pǐchái → pǐchai (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ ㄔㄞˊ → ㄆㄧˇ ˙ㄔㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pǐchåi
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi³-chʻai⁵
  - Yale: pǐ-chai
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pii.chair
  - Palladius: пичай (pičaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵/ → /pʰi²¹⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pīchai
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ ˙ㄔㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pichåi
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi¹-chʻai⁵
  - Yale: pī-chai
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pi.chai
  - Palladius: пичай (pičaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pek³ caai⁴
  - Yale: pek chàaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pek⁸ tsaai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pég³ cai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɛːk̚³ t͡sʰaːi̯²¹/

Noun

劈柴

kindling; firewood

Synonyms

木柴 (mùchái)
木樵 (Hakka)
柴火 (cháihuo)
柴禾 (cháihé)
柴草 (cháicǎo) (Hokkien or literary)
火樵 (hǒ-châu) (Northern Min)
硬柴 (Wu)