zhai1
zhāi
old variant of 齋|斋

zhai1
zhāi
to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc; vegetarian diet; study room; building; to give alms (to a monk)

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吃斋 吃齋 chi1 zhai1
chīzhāi
to abstain from eating meat; to be a vegetarian

打斋 打齋 da3 zhai1
zhāi
to beg for (vegetarian) food

大开斋 大開齋 da4 kai1 zhai1
kāizhāi
see 開齋節|开斋节

大斋 大齋 da4 zhai1
zhāi
to fast; to abstain from food

大斋节 大齋節 da4 zhai1 jie2
zhāijié
great fast; Christian lent

大斋期 大齋期 da4 zhai1 qi1
zhāi
Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)

封斋 封齋 feng1 zhai1
fēngzhāi
fast (in several religions); Ramadan (Islam); see also 齋月|斋月

封斋节 封齋節 feng1 zhai1 jie2
fēngzhāijié
Lent

化斋 化齋 hua4 zhai1
huàzhāi
to beg for food (of monks)

开斋 開齋 kai1 zhai1
kāizhāi
to stop following a vegetarian diet; to break a fast

开斋节 開齋節 kai1 zhai1 jie2
kāizhāijié
Eid al-Fitr or Feast of Breaking the Fast, celebrated on the last day of Ramadan

聊斋志异 聊齋志異 liao2 zhai1 zhi4 yi4
liáozhāizhì
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄

守斋 守齋 shou3 zhai1
shǒuzhāi
to fast

书斋 書齋 shu1 zhai1
shūzhāi
study (room)

四旬斋 四旬齋 si4 xun2 zhai1
xúnzhāi
Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)

素斋 素齋 su4 zhai1
zhāi
vegetarian food

斋饭 齋飯 zhai1 fan4
zhāifàn
food given to Buddhist monks as alms

斋果 齋果 zhai1 guo3
zhāiguǒ
(religious) offerings

斋祭 齋祭 zhai1 ji4
zhāi
to offer sacrifices (to gods or ancestors) whilst abstaining from meat, wine etc

斋教 齋教 zhai1 jiao4
zhāijiào
Zhaijiao sect of Buddhism

斋戒 齋戒 zhai1 jie4
zhāijiè
to fast

斋期 齋期 zhai1 qi1
zhāi
fasting days; a fast

斋堂 齋堂 zhai1 tang2
zhāitáng
dining hall in a Buddhist temple

斋藤 齋藤 zhai1 teng2
zhāiténg
Saitō (Japanese surname)

斋月 齋月 zhai1 yue4
zhāiyuè
Ramadan (Islam)