聊斋志异

聊齋誌異
Liáozhāizhìyì

Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (Qing Dynasty collection of Chinese supernatural tales)

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Homographs

聊斋志异 Liáozhāi Zhìyì Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松龄 Pú Sōnglíng

Entry Composition

1 聊 liáo
  1. (coll.) to chat
  2. (literary) temporarily; for a while
  3. (literary) somewhat; slightly
  4. (literary) to depend upon
=2 斋 zhāi old variant of 斋 zhāi
=2 斋 zhāi
  1. to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc
  2. vegetarian diet
  3. study room
  4. building
  5. to give alms (to a monk)
=3 志 zhì
  1. aspiration
  2. ambition
  3. the will
=3 志 zhì
  1. sign
  2. mark
  3. to record
  4. to write a footnote
4 异 yì
  1. different
  2. other
  3. hetero-
  4. unusual
  5. strange
  6. surprising
  7. to distinguish
  8. to separate
  9. to discriminate