Chinese Character 齋 (zaai1 zai1 | zi1 zhai1 ) : [1] plious; respectful; chaste; pure [2] [v] a

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齋
zaai1 zai1 zi1 zhai1
[1] plious; respectful; chaste; pure [2] [v] abstain from meat; fast [3] [v] purify oneself [4] [v] provide Buddhis monks with meals [5] [n] room for study; study; school [6] [n] vegetarian diet; vegetarian meal [Hakka] [n] human tapeworm Stroke count: 17 Level: 3 Radical: (#210) This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
齋 / 斋
Don't confuse with: 齊
* This entry has been marked as UNSURE by an editor, so it may not be fully accurate * This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008
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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 tong42 = private study; room for observing religious abstinence before worship 齋腸 zaai1 coeng42 = 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) 粵挨齋 ngaai4 zaai1 = to only eat vegetarian food See all 15 compounds
Legend 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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