| 1 | 斋 | 亝 | zhāi | zhai1 | to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc; vegetarian diet; study room; building; to give alms (to a monk); old variant of 斋 | | |
| 2 | 守斋 | 守齋 | shǒu zhāi | shou3 zhai1 | to fast | | |
| 3 | 蛰居书斋 | 蟄居書齋 | zhé jū shū zhāi | zhe2 ju1 shu1 zhai1 | to cloister oneself in one's study | | |
| 4 | 斋期 | 齋期 | zhāi qī | zhai1 qi1 | fasting days; a fast | | |
| 5 | 斋戒沐浴 | 齋戒沐浴 | zhāi jiè mù yù | zhai1 jie4 mu4 yu4 | to purify oneself by fast and ablution (idiom) | | |
| 6 | 斋戒 | 齋戒 | zhāi jiè | zhai1 jie4 | to fast | | |
| 7 | 斋教 | 齋教 | zhāi jiào | Zhai1 jiao4 | Zhaijiao sect of Buddhism | | |
| 8 | 斋祭 | 齋祭 | zhāi jì | zhai1 ji4 | to offer sacrifices (to gods or ancestors) whilst abstaining from meat, wine etc | | |
| 9 | 斋果 | 齋果 | zhāi guǒ | zhai1 guo3 | (religious) offerings | | |
| 10 | 斋饭 | 齋飯 | zhāi fàn | zhai1 fan4 | food given to Buddhist monks as alms | | |
| 11 | 素斋 | 素齋 | sù zhāi | su4 zhai1 | vegetarian food | | |
| 12 | 四旬斋 | 四旬齋 | sì xún zhāi | si4 xun2 zhai1 | Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter) | | |
| 13 | 书斋 | 書齋 | shū zhāi | shu1 zhai1 | study (room) | | |
| 14 | 吃斋 | 吃齋 | chī zhāi | chi1 zhai1 | to abstain from eating meat; to be a vegetarian | | |
| 15 | 聊斋志异 | 聊齋志異 | liáo zhāi zhì yì | Liao2 zhai1 Zhi4 yi4 | Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松龄 | | |
| 16 | 开斋节 | 開齋節 | kāi zhāi jié | Kai1 zhai1 jie2 | Eid al-Fitr or Feast of Breaking the Fast, celebrated on the last day of Ramadan | | |
| 17 | 开斋 | 開齋 | kāi zhāi | kai1 zhai1 | to stop following a vegetarian diet; to break a fast | | |
| 18 | 戒斋沐浴 | 戒齋沐浴 | jiè zhāi mù yù | jie4 zhai1 mu4 yu4 | to fast and bathe oneself (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 化斋 | 化齋 | huà zhāi | hua4 zhai1 | to beg for food (of monks) | | |
| 20 | 封斋节 | 封齋節 | fēng zhāi jié | feng1 zhai1 jie2 | Lent | | |
| 21 | 封斋 | 封齋 | fēng zhāi | feng1 zhai1 | fast (in several religions); Ramadan (Islam); see also 斋月 | | |
| 22 | 大斋期 | 大齋期 | dà zhāi qī | da4 zhai1 qi1 | Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter) | | |
| 23 | 大斋节 | 大齋節 | dà zhāi jié | da4 zhai1 jie2 | great fast; Christian lent | | |
| 24 | 大斋 | 大齋 | dà zhāi | da4 zhai1 | to fast; to abstain from food | | |
| 25 | 大开斋 | 大開齋 | dà kāi zhāi | Da4 kai1 zhai1 | see 开斋节 | | |