吃斋

Traditional form:

吃齋

Pinyin (reading):

chīzhāi

Definitions:

• to abstain from eating meat
• to be a vegetarian

Characters:

• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
• 斋 - to fast, to abstain; a vegetarian diet

Traditional characters:

• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
• 齋 - to fast, to abstain; a vegetarian diet