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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)
Compound Words (20)
斋饭
zhāifàn
food given to Buddhist monks as alms
吃斋
chīzhāi
to abstain from eating meat
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
化斋
huàzhāi
to beg for food (of monks)
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
四旬斋
sìxúnzhāi
Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
大开斋
Dàkāizhāi
see [[開齋節|开斋节<Kāizhāijié>]]
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- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,403
- Word Frequency Rank
- 10,038 of 84,292