齋 (zaai1 | zhai1) : fast; vegetarian diet; room for study

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齋

zaai1

zhai1

[1] [v] fast; abstain from meat
[2] [n] vegetarian diet/meal
[3] [n] room/building for study
[4] [粵] [adj/adv] only; plain; simply

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 17

Level: 2

Radical: (#210)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

齋 / 斋

Don't confuse with:
齊

This word has been viewed 12368 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Jan 2012 14:24

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食齋 sik6 zaai1 = to be a vegetarian 粵

打齋 daa2 zaai1 = perform Taoist or Buddhist rites

齋食 zaai1 sik6 = vegetarian's dishes

羅漢齋 lo4 hon3 zaai1 = a special vegetarian dish

齋堂 zaai1 tong4*2 = private study; room for observing religious abstinence before worship

齋腸 zaai1 coeng4*2 = vegetarian rice roll

齋啡 zaai1 fe1 = black coffee

食齋嘅人 sik6 zaai1 ge3 jan4 = a vegetarian (typically Buddhist) 粵

鬼佬齋 gwai2 lou2 zaai1 = western style vegetarian dishes (e.g., salads doused with oil) 粵

打完齋唔要和尚 daa2 jyun4 zaai1 m4 jiu3 wo4 soeng6*2 = to show a lack of gratitude; to drop sth when no longer needed 粵

打爛齋鉢 daa2 laan6 zaai1 but3 = to break a resolution because of a lack of self-discipline 粵

話齋 waa6 zaai1 = as said; as told 粵

一碟齋 jat1 dip6 zaai1 = confusion, chaos

齋菜 zaai1 coi3 = vegetarian dishes 粵

齋校 zaai1 haau6 = a single-sex school 粵

齋睇唔買 zaai1 tai2 m4 maai5 zhai1 di4 wu2 mai3 = just looking not buying 粵

俗語話齋 zuk6 jyu5 waa6 zaai1 su2 yu3 hua4 zhai1 = as the saying has it 粵

齋舖 zaai1 pou3*2 = vegetarian shop / store 粵

打爛齋缽 daa2 laan6 zaai1 but3 da3 lan4 zhai1 bo1 = unable to maintain self-discipline; fail to follow through with one's resolution 粵

開齋 hoi1 zaai1 kai1 zhai1 = taste the first success

㩧㩧齋 bok1 bok1 zaai1 = (old) private school 粵

好齋 hou2 zaai1 hao3 zhai1 = very plain 粵

四旬齋 sei3 ceon4 zaai1 si4 xun2 zhai1 = Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)

封齋節 fung1 zaai1 zit3 feng1 zhai1 jie2 = Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)

食長齋 sik6 coeng4 zaai1 shi2 chang2 zhai1 = 1. adopt a long term vegetarian diet 2. to refrain from doing sth. on a long term basis 粵

跳齋舞 tiu3 zaai1 mou5 tiao4 zhai1 wu3 = dance with a member of the same sex for lack of someone of the opposite sex 粵

扑扑齋 bok1 bok1 zaai1 = old-style school 粵

齋擺唔賣 zaai1 baai2 m4 maai6 = only for exhibition or display, not for sale 粵

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 齋
Unicode code for this character: U+9f4b (off-site link)

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