齋戒

See also: 斋戒

Chinese

		a fast; studio	swear off; warn against
trad. (齋戒)		齋	戒
simp. (斋戒)		斋	戒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāijiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄞ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaai¹ gaai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chai-kài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāijiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄞ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhaijiè
    • Wade–Giles: chai¹-chieh⁴
    • Yale: jāi-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaijieh
    • Palladius: чжайцзе (čžajcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaai¹ gaai³
    • Yale: jāai gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaai¹ gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zai¹ gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːi̯⁵⁵ kaːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chai-kài
    • Tâi-lô: tsai-kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zai'kaix
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ kai¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai³³ kai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ kai²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻²² kai²¹/

Verb

齋戒

1. to fast (restrict one’s consumption of food and abstain from various desires for religious purposes)
   1. (archaic, in feudal China) to bathe, change clothing, and abstain from meat, alcohol and sexual activity
   2. (Islam) to practice sawm
2. (archaic) to cultivate one's moral character and engage in introspection

Synonyms

• (practice sawm): 封齋／封斋 (fēngzhāi), 把齋／把斋 (bǎzhāi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (齋戒):

• → Vietnamese: trai giới (齋戒)