Radical
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
3
Mandarin
chái
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
3 strokes
Strokes
10 strokes
Mandarin
chái

Definitions by reading

cai5 sai5
Mandarin equivalent chái
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng cai5 Chenghai cai5 Jieyang cai5 Raoping cai5 Shantou cai5
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng sai5 Chaoyang sai5 Chenghai sai5 Jieyang sai5 Raoping sai5 Shantou sai5
①chái
②叫"豺狗" 。像狼但较狼小,耳比狼短而圆,毛赤褐色,尾巴黑色,性凶暴,常成群袭击其它野兽,有时侵害家畜。哺乳动物。为国家二级保护动物。又作豺狗。
③【豺狼】豺和狼。〈喻〉贪婪凶残的恶人。
【豺狗】见'豺'。
【豺狼成性】(凶狠得)像豺和狼一样,已经习以成性 | 形容极其凶恶残暴。
【豺狼当道】豺和狼横在道路中间。比喻坏人掌权得势。
④一种像狼的野兽,耳朵比狼的短而圆,性贪暴
⑤豺和狼是两种野兽,比喻残暴的人
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English meaning

wolf; cruel, wicked, mean

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
崇母 二等 開口 皆韵 平声 士皆切
Reconstruction:
Original

狼屬。禮記云:仲秋之月,豺乃祭獸。士皆切。四。