齋
斋
zhāi
- to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc
- vegetarian diet
- study room
- building
- to give alms (to a monk)
- (Buddhism, Taoism) religious ceremony (Classifier: 堂 c)
- (historical) to show one's piety before offering sacrifices and other ceremonies in ancient times, by abstaining from meat and alcohol, bathing oneself and clearing one's mind of distracting thoughts
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) solemn; earnest
- a surname
- fasting
- house; shop; building
- religious ceremony (Classifier: 堂 c)
- solemn; earnest
- study (room); studio
- to give alms to monks
- to show one's piety before offering sacrifices and other ceremonies in ancient times, by abstaining from meat and alcohol, bathing oneself and clearing one's mind of distracting thoughts
- vegetarian diet (often adopted for religious reasons)
Homographs
| 亝 | zhāi | old variant of 齋 zhāi |
Containing this entry
| 亝 | zhāi | old variant of 齋 zhāi |
| 化齋 | huàzhāi | to beg for food (of monks) |
| 吃齋 | chīzhāi |
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| 四旬齋 | sìxúnzhāi | Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter) |
| 大開齋 | Dàkāizhāi | see 開齋節 Kāizhāijié |
Related entries
| 蔬食 | shūshí |
素食漢堡是一種蔬食選擇。
Veggie burgers are a plant-based option. Source: Tatoeba |
| 土木 | tǔmù |
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| 大樓 | dàlóu |
building (a relatively large, multistory one)
大樓正在建造。
The building is under construction. Source: Tatoeba |
| 建築物 | jiànzhùwù |
這座建築物快完工了。
This building is near completion. Source: Tatoeba |
| 樓宇 | lóuyǔ | building |