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斋
齋
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)
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Character Breakdown (Single character)

斋
zhāi
to fast, to abstain; a vegetarian diet
10 丶

Compound Words (20)

化斋
huàzhāi
to beg for food (of monks)
吃斋
chīzhāi
to abstain from eating meat
大斋
dàzhāi
to fast
守斋
shǒuzhāi
to fast
封斋
fēngzhāi
fast (in several religions)
打斋
dǎzhāi
to beg for (vegetarian) food
书斋
shūzhāi
study (room)
素斋
sùzhāi
vegetarian food
开斋
kāizhāi
to stop following a vegetarian diet
斋堂
zhāitáng
dining hall in a Buddhist temple
斋戒
zhāijiè
to fast
斋教
Zhāijiào
Zhaijiao sect of Buddhism
斋月
Zhāiyuè
Ramadan (Islam)
斋期
zhāiqī
fast days
斋果
zhāiguǒ
(religious) offerings
斋祭
zhāijì
to offer sacrifices (to gods or ancestors) whilst abstaining from meat, wine etc
斋藤
Zhāiténg
Saito or Saitoh, Japanese surname
斋饭
zhāifàn
food given to Buddhist monks as alms
四旬斋
sìxúnzhāi
Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
大开斋
Dàkāizhāi
see [[開齋節|开斋节<Kāizhāijié>]]

Alternate Entries

斋
zhāi
old variant of [[齋|斋<zhāi>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,403
Word Frequency Rank
10,038 of 84,292