食齋

食齋

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	a fast; studio
trad. (食齋)		食	齋
simp. (食斋)		食	斋

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ zaai¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chia̍h-che

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ zaai¹
    • Yale: sihk jāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ dzaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ zai¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² t͡saːi̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-che
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-tse
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqzef
    • IPA (Penang): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻³ t͡se³³/

Verb

食齋

1. (Cantonese, Malaysia Hokkien) to live on a vegetarian diet; to be a vegetarian

Synonyms

• 吃素 (chīsù)
• 茹素 (rúsù)
• (Min Nan) 食菜, 食素

Antonyms

• 吃葷／吃荤 (chīhūn)
• 茹葷／茹荤 (rúhūn)
• (Min Nan) 食臊