柴 chái

1. chái noun firewood; faggots; fuel
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 柴火 or 木柴 (ABC 'chái' 柴 n 1, p. 89; Guoyu '柴' n 1; Kroll 2015 '柴' 1, p. 38; Mathews 1931 '柴', p. 13; NCCED '柴' 1, p. 166; Unihan '柴')
2. chái proper noun Chai
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (ABC 'chái' 柴 n 2, p. 89; Guoyu '柴' n 2)
3. chái adjective lean; skinny
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Dialect
   Notes: (ABC 'chái' 柴 sv, p. 89; Guoyu '柴' adj 2; NCCED '柴' 2, p. 166)
4. chái noun a firewood collector
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '柴' 1a, p. 38)
5. chái verb to give a burned offering
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '柴' v 1; Kroll 2015 '柴' 2, p. 38; Mathews 1931 '柴', p. 13)
6. zhài verb to barricade
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '柴' zhài v; Kroll 2015 '柴' zhài 1, p. 38)
7. zhài verb to protect
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 保护 (Guoyu '柴' v 2; Kroll 2015 '柴' zhài 1a, p. 38)
8. zhài verb to obstruct
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '柴' zhài 2, p. 38)
9. chái adjective tough
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Dialect
   Notes: (ABC 'chái' 柴 sv, p. 89; Guoyu '柴' adj 3; NCCED '柴' 3, p. 166)
10. chái adjective inferior
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Dialect
    Notes: (NCCED '柴' 4, p. 166)
11. chái noun firewood; kindling; indhana
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: indhana, or: kāṣṭha, Japanese: sai shing (BCSD '柴', p. 652; DJBT '柴', p. 423; MW 'indhana'; SH '柴', p. 326)

Contained in

• 搬柴运水明祖意 洗碗扫地悟禅心(搬柴運水明祖意 洗碗掃地悟禪心) Realize the Patriarch's intent through collecting wood and water; Attain the Chan mind through washing dishes and sweeping the ground.
• 搬柴运水行脚去 洗碗扫地吃茶来(搬柴運水行腳去 洗碗掃地吃茶來) Collect wood, carry water, and travel by foot; Wash bowls, sweep the floor, and drink tea.
• 搬柴运水皆妙道 穿衣吃饭尽禅机(搬柴運水皆妙道 穿衣吃飯盡禪機) Realize the wondrous Way through collecting wood and water; Attain the Chan mind through dressing and eating.

Also contained in

引火柴 、 磨刀不误砍柴工 、 废柴 、 柴薪 、 柴契尔夫人 、 柴坛 、 柴心儿 、 纸火柴 、 大柴旦镇 、 不当家不知柴米贵 、 柴荆 、 柴米 、 大柴旦行政委员会 、 柴达木盆地 、 柴望 、 木柴 、 柴油发动机 、 烈火干柴 、 检柴 、 秤柴而爨 、 柴桑 、 众人拾柴火焰高 、 柴草 、 柴米油盐 、 刘柴桑 、 大柴旦 、 柴田 、 引柴 、 火柴 、 柴车 、 柴油 、 柴院子 、 柴禾妞 、 骨瘦如柴 、 柴桂 、 满口胡柴 、 捡柴 、 柴门小户 、 生物柴油 、 柴毁 、 柴瘠 、 砍柴 、 柴胡 、 北柴胡 、 柴火 、 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 、 柴达木 、 柴鱼片

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 3 Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄 — count: 17
• Scroll 14 Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṁgraha (Compendium of True Principles of all Tathāgatas) 佛說一切如來真實攝大乘現證三昧大教王經 — count: 16
• Scroll 17 Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa (Dafangguang Pusa Zangwen Shu Shi Ligen Ben Yi Gui Jing) 大方廣菩薩藏文殊師利根本儀軌經 — count: 15
• Scroll 11 Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa (Dafangguang Pusa Zangwen Shu Shi Ligen Ben Yi Gui Jing) 大方廣菩薩藏文殊師利根本儀軌經 — count: 14
• Scroll 2 Shi Men Zi Jing Lu 釋門自鏡錄 — count: 12
• Scroll 1 Mahāmaṇivipulavimānaviśvasupratiṣṭhitaguhyaparamarahasyakalparājadhāraṇī (Mou Li Mantuoluo Zhou Jing) 牟梨曼陀羅呪經 — count: 11
• Scroll 79 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 8
• Scroll 5 Scripture on the Great Budosnisa Extensive Collection of Dharanis (Da Fo Ding Guang Ju Tuoluoni Jing) 大佛頂廣聚陀羅尼經 — count: 8
• Scroll 1 Homa Ritual of the Auspicious Visualization Great Teaching Sutra (Miao Jixiang Pingdeng Guan Men Da Jiao Wang Jing Lue Chu Humo Yi) 妙吉祥平等觀門大教王經略出護摩儀 — count: 8
• Scroll 16 Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa (Dafangguang Pusa Zangwen Shu Shi Ligen Ben Yi Gui Jing) 大方廣菩薩藏文殊師利根本儀軌經 — count: 7

Collocations

• 湿柴 (濕柴) 譬如濕柴體雖滋潤 — Zhong Xu Mohe Di Jing 佛本行集經, Scroll 6 — count: 9
• 前柴 (前柴) 復用前柴作護摩 — Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṁgraha (Compendium of True Principles of all Tathāgatas) 佛說一切如來真實攝大乘現證三昧大教王經, Scroll 14 — count: 8
• 柴等 (柴等) 所有護摩柴等物 — Susiddhikarapūjāvidhi (Su Xi Di Jie Luo Gongyang Fa) 蘇悉地羯羅供養法, Scroll 3 — count: 8
• 薪柴 (薪柴) 薪柴 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 6
• 柴作 (柴作) 復用前柴作護摩 — Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṁgraha (Compendium of True Principles of all Tathāgatas) 佛說一切如來真實攝大乘現證三昧大教王經, Scroll 14 — count: 6
• 柴木 (柴木) 或柴木為衣 — Nyagrodha Brahmin Sutra (Nijutuo Fanzhi Jing) 尼拘陀梵, Scroll 1 — count: 6
• 烧柴 (燒柴) 用淨好木而為燒柴 — Guhya Sutra (Ruixiye Jing) 蕤呬耶經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
• 护摩柴 (護摩柴) 其護摩柴 — Susiddhikarapūjāvidhi (Su Xi Di Jie Luo Gongyang Fa) 蘇悉地羯羅供養法, Scroll 3 — count: 4
• 柴依法 (柴依法) 吉木為柴依法用 — Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṁgraha (Compendium of True Principles of all Tathāgatas) 佛說一切如來真實攝大乘現證三昧大教王經, Scroll 14 — count: 4
• 柴两头 (柴兩頭) 酥蜜酪搵柴兩頭 — Subāhuparipṛcchā (Tantra Requested by Subāhu) 蘇婆呼童子請問經, Scroll 2 — count: 4