斋 (齋) zhāi

  1. zhāi verb to abstain from meat or wine
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Usually a Buddhist context (Kroll 2015 '齋' 2; Mathews 1931 '齋', p. 12; NCCED '斋' 1; Unihan '齋')
  2. zhāi noun a vegetarian diet; vegetarian food
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 素食 (ABC 'zhāi' 斋 bf 1; Guoyu '齋' n 1; NCCED '斋' 3; Unihan '齋')
  3. zhāi noun a building; a room; a studio
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'zhāi' 斋 bf 2; Guoyu '齋' n 3; NCCED '斋' 2)
  4. zhāi verb to give alms
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '齋' v 2; NCCED '斋' 4)
  5. zhāi verb to fast
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'zhāi' 斋 bf 6; NCCED '斋' 5; Unihan '齋')
  6. zhāi noun student dormitory
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'zhāi' 斋 bf 3; Guoyu '齋' n 3)
  7. zhāi noun a study; a library; a school
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'zhāi' 斋 bf 4; Mathews 1931 '齋', p. 12)
  8. zhāi noun a temple hostel
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'zhāi' 斋 bf 5)
  9. zhāi verb to purify oneself
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Before a ritual by bathing, fasting, or meditation (ABC 'zhāi' 斋 bf 6; Guoyu '齋' v 1; Kroll 2015 '齋' 1; Mathews 1931 '齋', p. 12)
  10. zhāi verb to retreat
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For reading, writing, or contemplation (Kroll 2015 '齋' 3)
  11. zhāi noun various rituals
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Taoism
    Notes: (Guoyu '齋' n 2; Kroll 2015 '齋' 4)

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