Usage of the character 齋
zhāi
斋
[齋]
- to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc
- vegetarian diet
- study room
- building
- to give alms (to a monk)
dǎzhāi
打斋
[打齋]
- to beg for (vegetarian) food
shūzhāi
书斋
[書齋]
- study (room)
zhāijì
斋祭
[齋祭]
- to offer sacrifices (to gods or ancestors) whilst abstaining from meat, wine etc
Zhāiyuè
斋月
[齋月]
- Ramadan (Islam)
zhāifàn
斋饭
[齋飯]
- food given to Buddhist monks as alms
zhāitáng
斋堂
[齋堂]
- dining hall in a Buddhist temple
sùzhāi
素斋
[素齋]
- vegetarian food
huàzhāi
化斋
[化齋]
- to beg for food (of monks)
dàzhāi
大斋
[大齋]
- to fast
- to abstain from food
zhāiqī
斋期
[齋期]
- fasting days
- a fast
zhāiguǒ
斋果
[齋果]
- (religious) offerings
fēngzhāi
封斋
[封齋]
- fast (in several religions)
- Ramadan (Islam)
- see also 齋月／斋月 ( Zhāiyuè)
Zhāiténg
斋藤
[齋藤]
- Saitō (Japanese surname)
Zhāijiào
斋教
[齋教]
- Zhaijiao sect of Buddhism
zhāijiè
斋戒
[齋戒]
- to fast
shǒuzhāi
守斋
[守齋]
- to fast
kāizhāi
开斋
[開齋]
- to stop following a vegetarian diet
- to break a fast
chīzhāi
吃斋
[吃齋]
- to abstain from eating meat
- to be a vegetarian
Dàkāizhāi
大开斋
[大開齋]
- see 開齋節／开斋节 ( Kāizhāijiē)
sìxúnzhāi
四旬斋
[四旬齋]
- Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
dàzhāiqī
大斋期
[大齋期]
- Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
fēngzhāijié
封斋节
[封齋節]
- Lent
dàzhāijié
大斋节
[大齋節]
- great fast
- Christian lent
Kāizhāijié
开斋节
[開齋節]
- (Islam) Eid al-Fitr, festival that marks the end of Ramadan
Zhāijièjié
斋戒节
[齋戒節]
- Ramadan
Liáozhāi Zhìyì
聊斋志异
[聊齋志異]
- Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡／蒲松龄 ( Pú Sōnglíng)