開齋

開齋

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	a fast; studio
trad. (開齋)		開	齋
simp. (开斋)		开	斋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāizhāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄓㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ zaai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kāizhāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄓㄞ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaijai
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ zaai¹
    • Yale: hōi jāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ dzaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ zai¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːy̯⁵⁵ t͡säːi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

開齋

1. (religion) to resume a meat diet
2. (Islam) to come to the end of Ramadan

Derived terms

開齋節／开斋节 (Kāizhāijié)