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齋 (zaai1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

齋 (zaai1, zhāi) — (adjective) 1. Simply; 2. Only (because of less interests, activities, etc.); to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc; vegetarian diet; study room; study building; to give alms (to a monk); to be celibate

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 齋啡 (zaai1 fe1) — (noun) (of beverage) a coffee without milk and sugar: a black coffee
• 齋姑 (zaai1 gu1) — a 'vegetarian recluse', a woman who has gone through the Refuge rite of Buddhis…
• 齋擺唔賣 (zaai1 baai2 m4 maai6) — only for display not for sale
• 齋校 (zaai1 haau6) — a single-sex school
• 齋滷味 (zaai1 lou5 mei2) — vegeterian mock meat
• 齋舖 (zaai1 pou3) — a vegetarian store

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