斋 (齋) zhāi

  1. zhāi verb to abstain from meat or wine
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Usually a Buddhist context (Kroll 2015 '齋' 2; Mathews 1931 '齋', p. 12; NCCED '斋' 1; Unihan '齋')
  2. zhāi noun a vegetarian diet; vegetarian food
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 素食 (ABC 'zhāi' 斋 bf 1; Guoyu '齋' n 1; NCCED '斋' 3; Unihan '齋')
  3. zhāi noun a building; a room; a studio
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'zhāi' 斋 bf 2; Guoyu '齋' n 3; NCCED '斋' 2)
  4. zhāi verb to give alms
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '齋' v 2; NCCED '斋' 4)
  5. zhāi verb to fast
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'zhāi' 斋 bf 6; NCCED '斋' 5; Unihan '齋')
  6. zhāi noun student dormitory
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'zhāi' 斋 bf 3; Guoyu '齋' n 3)
  7. zhāi noun a study; a library; a school
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'zhāi' 斋 bf 4; Mathews 1931 '齋', p. 12)
  8. zhāi noun a temple hostel
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'zhāi' 斋 bf 5)
  9. zhāi verb to purify oneself
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Before a ritual by bathing, fasting, or meditation (ABC 'zhāi' 斋 bf 6; Guoyu '齋' v 1; Kroll 2015 '齋' 1; Mathews 1931 '齋', p. 12)
  10. zhāi verb to retreat
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For reading, writing, or contemplation (Kroll 2015 '齋' 3)
  11. zhāi noun various rituals
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Taoism
    Notes: (Guoyu '齋' n 2; Kroll 2015 '齋' 4)
  12. zhāi noun abstinence; upavāsa
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: upavāsa, Japanese: sai, or: toki (BCSD '齋', p. 1304; DJBT '齋', p. 423; MW 'upavāsa'; SH '齋', p. 464)

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  • Scroll 91 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 54
  • Scroll 1 Sarvāstivādavinayavibhāṣā (Sapoduopinipiposha) 薩婆多毘尼毘婆沙 — count: 42
  • Scroll 6 Zhu Jing Yao Ji 諸經要集 — count: 40
  • Scroll 88 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 37
  • Scroll 55 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 35 , has English translation , has parallel version
  • Scroll 6 Dafangbian Fo Bao'en Jing 大方便佛報恩經 — count: 33
  • Scroll 33 A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀 — count: 29 , has English translation
  • Scroll 14 Notes on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論記 — count: 25
  • Scroll 3 Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄 — count: 24
  • Scroll 4 The Baizhang Zen Monastic Regulations 勅修百丈清規 — count: 24

Collocations

  • 斋法 (齋法) 是為十四日齋法 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 4 — count: 38
  • 受斋 (受齋) 於十五日月盛圓滿受齋之晨 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 2 — count: 30
  • 日斋 (日齋) 月八日齋 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 23
  • 八支斋 (八支齋) 三者聖八支齋 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 55 — count: 20
  • 作斋 (作齋) 作齋 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 14
  • 法斋 (法齋) 奉持法齋 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 10
  • 八斋 (八齋) 八齋十善 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 8 — count: 10
  • 八戒斋 (八戒齋) 持八戒齋一日一夜不失者 — Youpiyiduoshejia Jing (Visākhā) 優陂夷墮舍迦經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
  • 入斋 (入齋) 却入齋室 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 51 — count: 9
  • 奉斋 (奉齋) 奉齋守戒已 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 9