斋
to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc; vegetarian diet; study room; building; to give alms (to a monk)
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How 斋 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
culture
How to remember it
abstain from food · Heisig RSH #2715
Highlander + comb
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 斋
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大开斋 | Dà kāi zhāi | see 開齋節|开斋节[Kai1 zhai1 jie2] |
| 大斋节 | dà zhāi jié | great fast; Christian lent |
| 大斋期 | dà zhāi qī | Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter) |
| 开斋节 | Kāi zhāi jié | (Islam) Eid al-Fitr, festival that marks the end of Ramadan |
| 封斋节 | fēng zhāi jié | Lent |
| 大斋 | dà zhāi | to fast; to abstain from food |
| 化斋 | huà zhāi | to beg for food (of monks) |
| 开斋 | kāi zhāi | to stop following a vegetarian diet; to break a fast |
| 打斋 | dǎ zhāi | to beg for (vegetarian) food |
| 书斋 | shū zhāi | study (room) |
| 斋教 | Zhāi jiào | Zhaijiao sect of Buddhism |
| 斋月 | Zhāi yuè | Ramadan (Islam) |
| 斋期 | zhāi qī | fasting days; a fast |
| 素斋 | sù zhāi | vegetarian food |
| 斋戒节 | Zhāi jiè jié | festival of fasting (esp. Eid al-Fitr) |
| 斋果 | zhāi guǒ | (religious) offerings |
| 吃斋 | chī zhāi | to abstain from eating meat; to be a vegetarian |
| 聊斋志异 | Liáo zhāi Zhì yì | Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[Pu2 Song1 lin… |
| 斋饭 | zhāi fàn | food given to Buddhist monks as alms |
| 斋堂 | zhāi táng | dining hall in a Buddhist temple |