砍柴

Chinese

		to chop	firewood
trad. (砍柴)		砍	柴
simp. #(砍柴)		砍	柴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎnchái

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˇ ㄔㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham² caai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎnchái
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˇ ㄔㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎnchái
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan³-chʻai²
    • Yale: kǎn-chái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaanchair
    • Palladius: каньчай (kanʹčaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham² caai⁴
    • Yale: hám chàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham² tsaai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem² cai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm³⁵ t͡sʰaːi̯²¹/

Verb

砍⫽柴 (verb-object)

1. to chop firewood

Synonyms

• 打柴 (dǎchái)
• 劈柴 (pīchái)
• (Min Nan) 剉柴