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. |