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zhāi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhāi | zhai1
English translation
to fast, to abstain; a vegetarian diet

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About zhāi

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

zhāi

Contains the radical

Wén

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

culture

Etymology of zhāi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

文而

Semantic compound

Wén

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日落 rì luò shí 开斋 kāi zhāi àn 传统 chuántǒng huì chī 椰枣喝水

The fast is broken at sunset, traditionally with dates and water.

dào le 星期五 Xīng qī wǔ 斋戒日尤其 yóuqí shì 斋期 zhāi qī shí 这个 zhè ge 菜式 cài shì 非常 fēicháng 受欢迎 shòu huān yíng

It was a favourite meal on Fridays and fast days, particularly during Lent.

Words with zhāi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhāi study room zhāi
斋戒 zhāi jiè to fast齋戒
斋藤 Zhāi téng Saitō (Japanese surname)齋藤
书斋 shū zhāi study (room)書齋
斋月 Zhāi yuè Ramadan (Islam)齋月
斋期 zhāi qī a fast齋期
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 Pú Sōng líng [Pú​Sōng​líng]聊齋志異
吃斋 chī zhāi to be a vegetarian吃齋
斋堂 zhāi táng dining hall in a Buddhist temple齋堂
开斋节 Kāi zhāi jié Eid al-Fitr or Feast of Breaking the Fast, celebrated on the last day of Ramadan開齋節
斋饭 zhāi fàn food given to Buddhist monks as alms齋飯
开斋 kāi zhāi to break a fast開齋
化斋 huà zhāi to beg for food (of monks)化齋
封斋 fēng zhāi Ramadan (Islam)封齋
打斋 dǎ zhāi to beg for (vegetarian) food打齋
斋果 zhāi guǒ (religious) offerings齋果

zhāi Decomposition & Compounds

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