斋 (齋)
zhāi
Pinyin

Definition

斋 (齋)
 - 
zhāi
  1. to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc
  2. vegetarian diet
  3. study room
  4. building
  5. to give alms (to a monk)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (14)

吃斋
chī zhāi
  1. 1 to abstain from eating meat
  2. 2 to be a vegetarian
化斋
huà zhāi
  1. 1 to beg for food (of monks)
书斋
shū zhāi
  1. 1 study (room)
素斋
sù zhāi
  1. 1 vegetarian food
聊斋志异
Liáo zhāi Zhì yì
  1. 1 Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[Pú Sōng líng]

Sample Sentences

是啊。古代有《 聊斋志异》，现在有网络鬼故事，都超受欢迎。
shì a 。gǔdài yǒu 《 liáozhāizhìyì 》，xiànzài yǒu wǎngluò guǐ gùshi ，dōu chāo shòu huānyíng 。
It's true. In the old days we had ''Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio," now we have online ghost stories. Both are very popular.
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说的也是啊，从小我们就是看《聊斋》、《封神榜》长大的，虽然现在想起来那种程度已经不算什么了，但当时看着确实还是很害怕的。
shuō de yě shì ā ，cóngxiǎo wǒmen jiùshì kàn liáozhāi 》、 fēngshénbǎng 》zhǎngdà de ，suīrán xiànzài xiǎng qilai nà zhǒng chéngdù yǐjīng bùsuàn shénme le ，dàn dāngshí kàn zhe quèshí háishì hěn hàipà de 。
That's true, from watching Dark Tales and The Investiture of the Gods growing up, although now thinking back they weren't really that scary at all by today's standards, but at the time watching them I was really scared.
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走着走着，八戒说道：“师父，走了那么多的路，老猪已经快饿瘪了，快让猴哥去化些斋饭来。”
zǒu zhe zǒu zhe ，Bājiè shuōdào ：“shīfu ，zǒu le nàme duō de lù ，lǎozhū yǐjīng kuài è biě le ，kuài ràng hóugē qù huà xiē zhāifàn lái 。”
After having walked and walked, Pigsy said, "Master, we've been walking for a long time now - I'm famished. Have Monkey go and ask for some vegetables and rice."
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