zhāi 
		to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc
vegetarian diet
study room
building
to give alms (to a monk)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Liáo zhāi Zhì yì 
		Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[Pu2 Song1 ling2]
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			kāi zhāi 
		to stop following a vegetarian diet
to break a fast
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Kāi zhāi jié 
		Eid al-Fitr or Feast of Breaking the Fast, celebrated on the last day of Ramadan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhāi táng 
		dining hall in a Buddhist temple
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhāi fàn 
		food given to Buddhist monks as alms
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dà zhāi 
		to fast
to abstain from food
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fēng zhāi 
		fast (in several religions)
Ramadan (Islam)
see also 齋月|斋月[Zhai1 yue4]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			huà zhāi 
		to beg for food (of monks)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dǎ zhāi 
		to beg for (vegetarian) food
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			sì xún zhāi 
		Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Zhāi jiào 
		Zhaijiao sect of Buddhism
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dà zhāi qī 
		Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhāi jì 
		to offer sacrifices (to gods or ancestors) whilst abstaining from meat, wine etc
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dà zhāi jié 
		great fast
Christian lent
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Dà kāi zhāi 
		see 開齋節|开斋节[Kai1 zhai1 jie2]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhāi 
		old variant of 齋|斋[zhai1]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chī zhāi 
		to abstain from eating meat
to be a vegetarian