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)

CEDICT

  1. (Buddhism, Taoism) religious ceremony (Classifier: c)
  2. (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
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) solemn; earnest
  4. a surname
  5. fasting
  6. house; shop; building
  7. religious ceremony (Classifier: c)
  8. solemn; earnest
  9. study (room); studio
  10. to give alms to monks
  11. 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
  12. vegetarian diet (often adopted for religious reasons)

Wiktionary

  1. 祭祀沐浴素食清心寡欲淨身以示虔诚
  2. 布施饭菜僧侣
  3. 素食僧侣饮食
  4. 僧侣诵经祈福活动
  5. 书房学舍
  6. 商店名号

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Containing this entry

zhāi old variant of zhāi
化斋 huàzhāi to beg for food (of monks)
吃斋 chīzhāi
  1. to abstain from eating meat
  2. to be a vegetarian
四旬斋 xúnzhāi Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
大开斋 kāizhāi see 开斋节 Kāizhāijié
大斋 zhāi
  1. to fast
  2. to abstain from food
守斋 shǒuzhāi to fast
封斋 fēngzhāi
  1. fast (in several religions)
  2. Ramadan (Islam)
  3. see also 斋月 Zhāiyuè
打斋 zhāi to beg for (vegetarian) food
书斋 shūzhāi study (room)
素斋 zhāi vegetarian food
聊斋志异 Liáozhāi Zhì Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松龄 Sōnglíng
开斋 kāizhāi
  1. to stop following a vegetarian diet
  2. to break a fast
斋堂 zhāitáng dining hall in a Buddhist temple
斋戒 zhāijiè to observe a religious fast; to abstain from food or certain activities before a ritual
斋教 Zhāijiào Zhaijiao sect of Buddhism
斋月 Zhāiyuè Ramadan (Islam)
斋期 zhāi
  1. fasting days
  2. a fast
斋果 zhāiguǒ (religious) offerings
斋祭 zhāi to offer sacrifices (to gods or ancestors) whilst abstaining from meat, wine etc
斋藤 Zhāiténg Saitō (Japanese surname)
斋饭 zhāifàn food given to Buddhist monks as alms
斋月 zhāiyuè
罗汉斋 luóhànzhāi
斋菜 zhāicài
斋浦尔 Zhāipǔ'ěr
四斋蒸鹅心 zhāizhēngéxīn
斋教 zhāijiào
持斋 chízhāi
聊斋志异 Liáozhāizhì
把斋 zhāi
斋戏 zhāi
斋米粉 zhāifěn
斋桑 zhāisāng
长斋 chángzhāi
斋会 zhāihuì
斋肠 zhāicháng
斋日 zhāi
六斋 Liùzhāi
十斋 Shízhāi

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