柴米

Chinese

		firewood	rice; metre
trad. (柴米)		柴	米
simp. #(柴米)		柴	米

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháimǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄞˊ ㄇㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caai⁴ mai⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhâ-bí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháimǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˊ ㄇㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháimǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻai²-mi³
    • Yale: chái-mǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chairmii
    • Palladius: чайми (čajmi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caai⁴ mai⁵
    • Yale: chàaih máih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai⁴ mai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cai⁴ mei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯²¹ mɐi̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâ-bí
    • Tâi-lô: tshâ-bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zha'bie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² bi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa¹³⁻²² bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰa²⁴⁻¹¹ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa²³⁻³³ bi⁴¹/

Noun

柴米

1. firewood and rice
2. (figurative) daily necessities
3. Alternative form of 柴米油鹽醬醋茶／柴米油盐酱醋茶 (chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá)

Synonyms

• 布帛菽粟 (bùbóshūsù)
• 必需品 (bìxūpǐn)
• 日常用品 (rìcháng yòngpǐn)
• 日用品 (rìyòngpǐn)
• 柴米油鹽／柴米油盐 (cháimǐyóuyán)
• 柴米油鹽醬醋茶／柴米油盐酱醋茶 (chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá)
• 油鹽醬醋／油盐酱醋 (yóuyánjiàngcù)
• 生活用品 (shēnghuó yòngpǐn)
• 用物 (yòngwù) (literary)
• 粟帛 (sùbó) (literary)
• 薪水 (xīnshuǐ) (literary)
• 開門七件事／开门七件事 (kāimén qī jiàn shì)

 

Derived terms

• 不當家不知柴米貴／不当家不知柴米贵 (bù dāngjiā bùzhī cháimǐ guì)