| zhāi | (Buddhist or Daoist) to fast/to abstain from meat or wine/room/building |
| 斋 | to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc vegetarian diet study room |
| 斋僧 | to provide Buddhist monks with meals |
| 斋坛 | A place where the ancient emperors offered sacrifices to God. |
| 斋堂 | dining hall in a Buddhist temple |
| 斋戒 | to fast |
| 斋戒日 | fast day |
| 斋戒沐浴 | fast and ablution; ablution; fast and pray; fast and take a bath before a religious |
| 斋戒节 | Ramadan; the fast of Ramadan |
| 斋教 | Zhaijiao sect of Buddhism |
| 斋月 | Ramadan (Islam) |
| 斋期 | fast days |
| 斋果 | offering |
| 斋浦尔 | Jaipur |
| 斋祭 | to offer sacrifices (to gods or ancestors) whilst abstaining from meat, wine etc |
| 斋藤 | Saito or Saitoh, Japanese surname |
| 斋醮 | to setup an altar to pray to Buddha. |
| 斋饭 | food given to Buddhist monks as alms |