斋
Ancient forms
2 forms- BronzeWestern Zhou
- Small sealQin–Han
- 齋RegularTraditional
- 斋SimplifiedToday
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Meaning
zhāi zhai1
- to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc
- vegetarian diet
- study room
- building
- to give alms (to a monk)
Words with 斋
- 大斋dàzhāito fast
- 化斋huàzhāito beg for food (of monks)
- 开斋kāizhāito stop following a vegetarian diet
- 打斋dǎzhāito beg for (vegetarian) food
- 书斋shūzhāistudy (room)
- 斋期zhāiqīfasting days
- 素斋sùzhāivegetarian food
- 斋果zhāiguǒ(religious) offerings
- 吃斋chīzhāito abstain from eating meat
- 斋饭zhāifànfood given to Buddhist monks as alms
- 斋堂zhāitángdining hall in a Buddhist temple
- 守斋shǒuzhāito fast