齋

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)

CEDICT

  1. (Buddhism, Taoism) religious ceremony (Classifier: 堂 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: 堂 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. 祭祀前沐浴素食，清心寡欲，潔淨身心以示虔誠。
  2. 布施飯菜給僧侶。
  3. 素食、僧侶的飲食。
  4. 僧侶誦經祈福的活動。
  5. 書房、學舍。
  6. 商店的名號。

重編國語辭典

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
  1. to abstain from eating meat
  2. to be a vegetarian
四旬齋 sìxúnzhāi Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
大開齋 Dàkāizhāi see 開齋節 Kāizhāijié
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蔬食 shūshí
  1. vegetarian meal
  2. vegetarian diet
素食漢堡是一種蔬食選擇。

Veggie burgers are a plant-based option.

Source: Tatoeba

土木 tǔmù
  1. building
  2. construction
  3. civil engineering
大樓 dàlóu building (a relatively large, multistory one)

classifiers: 幢, 座

大樓正在建造。

The building is under construction.

Source: Tatoeba

建築物 jiànzhùwù
  1. building
  2. structure
  3. edifice
這座建築物快完工了。

This building is near completion.

Source: Tatoeba

樓宇 lóuyǔ building
樓閣 lóugé
  1. building
  2. pavilion
館 guǎn
  1. building
  2. shop
  3. term for certain service establishments
  4. embassy or consulate
  5. schoolroom (old)

classifier: 家

当时进法国馆，有一种不用排队的办法，就是去吃法国馆里的食品，但是实在太贵了。

During this period, there was a way to get into the French clubhouse without standing in line: you had to eat the products inside, but it was really expensive.

Source: Tatoeba

屋宇 wūyǔ
  1. (literary) house
  2. building
建築 jiànzhù
  1. to construct
  2. building

classifier: 個

該建築高一百公尺。

The building is one hundred meters high.

Source: Tatoeba

房子 fángzi
  1. house
  2. building (single- or two-story)
  3. apartment
  4. room

classifiers: 棟, 幢, 座, 套, 間

這房子鬧鬼。

The house is haunted.

Source: Tatoeba

房屋 fángwū
  1. house
  2. building

classifiers: 所, 套

房屋一片死寂。

The house was dead silent.

Source: Tatoeba

房舍 fángshè
  1. house
  2. building
儭 chèn
  1. to assist
  2. to give alms
捨 shě
  1. to give up; to abandon
  2. to give alms
陽光明媚的地方，坐落著一座宜人的老農舍，緊鄰一條深深的河流。從農舍一直到河邊，長滿了高大的牛蒡葉，最高的牛蒡葉下，可以讓一個小孩站直身體。這地方如同茂密森林的中心，原始而靜謐。一隻鴨子棲息在這片幽靜的角落，守候著雛鳥破殼而出。牠開始感到有些疲憊，因為小傢伙們遲遲不肯破殼而出，而她也很少遇到來訪者。

In a sunny spot stood a pleasant old farm-house close by a deep river, and from the house down to the water side grew great burdock leaves, so high, that under the tallest of them a little child could stand upright. The spot was as wild as the centre of a thick wood. In this snug retreat sat a duck on her nest, watching for her young brood to hatch; she was beginning to get tired of her task, for the little ones were a long time coming out of their shells, and she seldom had any visitors.

Source: Tatoeba

施捨 shīshě
  1. to give in charity
  2. to give alms (to the poor)