吃齋

See also: 吃斋

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	a fast; studio
trad. (吃齋)		吃	齋
simp. (吃斋)		吃	斋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīzhāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄓㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ zaai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīzhāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄓㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihjhai
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-chai¹
    • Yale: chr̄-jāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyjai
    • Palladius: чичжай (čičžaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ zaai¹
    • Yale: hek jāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ dzaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ zai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ t͡saːi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

吃⫽齋 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to abstain from meat; to be a vegetarian
2. (of Buddhist monks and nuns) to have a meal; to eat

Synonyms

• (to abstain from meat):

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吃素, 吃齋, 茹素
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	吃素
	Singapore	吃素
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	吃素
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	吃素, 吃齋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	吃齋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	食齋
	Hong Kong	食齋, 食素
	Singapore (Guangfu)	食齋
Hakka	Meixian	食齋, 食素
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	食齋
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	食齋
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	食齋
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	食齋
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	食齋
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	食菜
Jin	Taiyuan	吃素
Northern Min	Jian'ou	饁齋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	食菜
Southern Min	Xiamen	食菜
	Quanzhou	食菜
	Jinjiang	食菜
	Zhangzhou	食菜
	Taipei	食菜
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	食菜
	Kaohsiung	食菜
	Yilan	食素, 食菜
	Changhua (Lukang)	食菜
	Taichung	食菜
	Tainan	食素, 食菜
	Hsinchu	食菜, 食素
	Kinmen	食菜
	Penghu (Magong)	食菜
	Penang (Hokkien)	食菜, 食齋
	Singapore (Hokkien)	食齋
	Manila (Hokkien)	食菜
	Jieyang	食齋
	Leizhou	食齋, 食澈
	Haikou	食齋
Wu	Wenzhou	吃素
Xiang	Loudi	吃齋

Dialectal synonyms of 吃素 (“to be a vegetarian; to eat vegetarian food”) [map]