齋戒

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
• Min Nan (POJ): chai-kài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhāijiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄞ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaijieh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhaijiè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕjɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaai¹ gaai³
    • Yale: jāai gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaai¹ gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zai¹ gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡säːi̯⁵⁵ käːi̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chai-kài
    • Tâi-lô: tsai-kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zai'kaix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡saɪ⁴⁴⁻²² kaɪ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡saɪ³³ kaɪ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡saɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaɪ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡saɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaɪ²¹/

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, 把齋／把斋

Derived terms

齋戒月／斋戒月 (Zhāijièyuè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (齋戒):

• → Vietnamese: trai giới (齋戒)