斋
齋
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
| 斋 | zhāi | old variant of 斋 zhāi |
Containing this entry
| 斋 | zhāi | old variant of 斋 zhāi |
| 化斋 | huàzhāi | to beg for food (of monks) |
| 吃斋 | chīzhāi |
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| 四旬斋 | sìxúnzhāi | Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter) |
| 大开斋 | Dàkāizhāi | see 开斋节 Kāizhāijié |
| 大斋 | dàzhāi |
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| 守斋 | shǒuzhāi | to fast |
| 封斋 | fēngzhāi |
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| 打斋 | dǎzhāi | to beg for (vegetarian) food |
| 书斋 | shūzhāi | study (room) |
| 素斋 | sùzhāi | vegetarian food |
| 聊斋志异 | Liáozhāi Zhìyì | Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松龄 Pú Sōnglíng |
| 开斋 | kāizhāi |
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| 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 | zhāiqī |
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| 斋果 | zhāiguǒ | (religious) offerings |
| 斋祭 | zhāijì | 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 | sìzhāizhēngéxīn |
| 斋教 | zhāijiào |
| 持斋 | chízhāi |
| 聊斋志异 | Liáozhāizhìyì |
| 把斋 | bǎzhāi |
| 斋戏 | zhāixì |
| 斋米粉 | zhāimǐfěn |
| 斋桑 | zhāisāng |
| 长斋 | chángzhāi |
| 斋会 | zhāihuì |
| 斋肠 | zhāicháng |
| 斋日 | zhāirì |
| 六斋 | Liùzhāi |
| 十斋 | Shízhāi |
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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| 大楼 | dàlóu |
building (a relatively large, multistory one)
大樓正在建造。
The building is under construction. Source: Tatoeba |
| 建筑物 | jiànzhùwù |
這座建築物快完工了。
This building is near completion. Source: Tatoeba |
| 楼宇 | lóuyǔ | building |