打柴

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	firewood
trad. (打柴)		打	柴
simp. #(打柴)		打	柴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎchái

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄔㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² caai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎchái
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄔㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎchái
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-chʻai²
    • Yale: dǎ-chái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daachair
    • Palladius: дачай (dačaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² caai⁴
    • Yale: dá chàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² tsaai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² cai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ t͡sʰaːi̯²¹/

Verb

打⫽柴 (verb-object)

1. to chop firewood
2. (Cantonese) to break down; to be out of order

   我部電腦打咗柴。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我部电脑打咗柴。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ bou⁶ din⁶ nou⁵ daa² zo² caai⁴. [Jyutping]

   My computer broke down.

Synonyms

• 砍柴 (kǎnchái)
• 劈柴 (pīchái)
• (Hokkien) 剉柴, 破柴