zhāi

vegetarian diet; study; to fast, abstain

DEFINITIONS

  • vegetarian diet
  • study
  • to fast, abstain
  • old variant of 齋|斋[zhai1]
  • to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc
  • vegetarian diet
  • study room
  • building
  • to give alms (to a monk)

WORDS

huà zhāi to beg for food (of monks)
chī zhāi to abstain from eating meat; to be a vegetarian
四旬 sì xún zhāi Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
大開 dà kāi zhāi see 開齋節|开斋节[Kai1 zhai1 jie2]
dà zhāi to fast; to abstain from food
期 dà zhāi qī Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
節 dà zhāi jié great fast; Christian lent
shǒu zhāi to fast
fēng zhāi fast (in several religions); Ramadan (Islam); see also 齋月|斋月[Zhai1 yue4]
節 fēng zhāi jié Lent
dǎ zhāi to beg for (vegetarian) food
shū zhāi study (room)
sù zhāi vegetarian food
志異 liáo zhāi zhì yì Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[Pu2 Song1 ling2]
kāi zhāi to stop following a vegetarian diet; to break a fast
節 kāi zhāi jié Eid al-Fitr or Feast of Breaking the Fast, celebrated on the last day of Ramadan
堂 zhāi táng dining hall in a Buddhist temple
戒 zhāi jiè to fast
教 zhāi jiào Zhaijiao sect of Buddhism
月 zhāi yuè Ramadan (Islam)
期 zhāi qī fasting days; a fast
果 zhāi guǒ (religious) offerings
祭 zhāi jì to offer sacrifices (to gods or ancestors) whilst abstaining from meat, wine etc
藤 zhāi téng Saitō (Japanese surname)
飯 zhāi fàn food given to Buddhist monks as alms
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