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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 斋戒

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
斋戒 zhāi jiè - to fast

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 29,541 74,619 54,572

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhāi- old variant of 齋|斋[zhai1]
zhāi- to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc
- vegetarian diet
- study room
- building
- to give alms (to a monk)
jiè- to guard against
- to exhort
- to admonish or warn
- to give up or stop doing sth
- Buddhist monastic discipline
- ring (for a finger)

Other Words Containing 斋戒

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
斋戒 - - 29,541 74,619 54,572