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): ㄆㄧ ㄔㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pek³ caai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pīchái
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ ㄔㄞˊ
    • 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)

1. 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

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• 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

1. kindling; firewood