| 齋 | 817B20 60.22 | 部居  | 畫數 17 | ㄓㄞ [zhai1] [Pop.  , var. of  ] | ||
| N. | (1) A studio: 書齋 studio, library (room) in private house; 齋舍，齋屋 [zhai1she4], [jaiwu1]↓; used oft. in name of art shops and restaurants. (2) Vegetarian food: 吃齋 eat vegetarian food on certain days or for period according to pledge; 小齋(Catholic) abstinence; 開齋 end of period for vegetarian food; 長齋念佛 a pledge to eat vegetarian food and say prayers (Budd.); 齋戒 [zhai1jie4]↓; 齋期 days of fast. | |||||
| Words | 1. 齋飯 [zhai1fan4], n., (Budd.) food obtained by begging by monks. 2. 齋戒 [zhai1jie4], v. i. & n., (Confucian) to observe “fast” day before sacrifices by refraining from wine and meat; fasting. 3. 齋主 [zhai1zhu3], n., donor to temples; person who pays monks for prayer rites at home; (...) 齋主人 owner of studio (as poetic name of scholar). 4. 齋舍 [zhai1she4], n., (1) formerly, room for observing religious abstinence before worship; also 齋堂 [zhai1tang2]; (2) private study; (3) formerly, school dormitory. 5. 齋壇 [zhai1tan2], n., altar set up for prayer rites. 6. 齋屋 [zhai1wu1], n., a study. 7. 齋務 [zhai1wu4], n., formerly, management of school dormitory; 齋務主任 school proctor. | |||||