齋 (zaai1) — fast; abstain from meat in Cantonese

zaaiˉ¹齋

简斋

Mandarin Pinyin: zhai1

Meaning of 齋

nounfast; abstain from meat

nounonly; plain; simply

nounroom/building for study

nounvegetarian diet/meal

noun(adjective) 1. Simply; 2. Only (because of less interests, activities, etc.)

Example Sentences with 齋

siˉ¹師guˉ¹姑sikˍ₆食zaaiˉ¹齋gaa˗₃㗎

The nun is vegetarian.

haiˊ²喺bou˗₃寶linˎ₄蓮ziˍ₆寺sikˍ₆食zaaiˉ¹齋

Eat vegetarian at Po Lin Monastery.

fongˉ¹方zoengˍ₆丈sikˍ₆食zaaiˉ¹齋

The abbot eats vegetarian food.

keoiˏ₅佢ngaaiˎ₄捱zaaiˉ¹齋houˊ²好caam2.惨。

He suffered hardship.

ngaaiˎ₄捱zaaiˉ¹齋houˊ²好sanˉ¹辛fuk6.苦。

It's tough to endure hardship.

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Words Containing 齋

打齋daa2 zaai1

perform Taoist or Buddhist rites

開齋hoi1 zaai1

taste the first success; break a losing streak

打完齋唔要和尚daa2 jyun4 zaai1 m4 jiu3 wo4 soeng2

to show a lack of gratitude; to drop sth when no longer needed

封齋節fung1 zaai1 zit3

Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)

話齋waa6 zaai1

just as what (sb) has said/told (indicating that what sb has said is worth noting)

食長齋sik6 coeng4 zaai1

1. adopt a long term vegetarian diet 2. to refrain from doing sth. on a long term basis

齋堂zaai1 tong2

private study; room for observing religious abstinence before worship

打齋鶴daa2 zaai1 hok2

bad friends who talk others into bad addiction (drug, gambling, prostitution)

打爛齋鉢daa2 laan6 zaai1 but3

to break a resolution because of a lack of self-discipline

a special vegetarian dish

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