| 书斋 | shū zhāi | study (room) | |
| 斋月 | zhāi yuè | Ramadan (Islam) | |
| 开斋节 | kāi zhāi jié | Eid al-Fitr or Feast of Breaking the Fast, celebrated on the last day of Ramadan | |
| 吃斋 | chī zhāi | to abstain from eating meat; to be a vegetarian | |
| 斋戒 | zhāi jiè | to fast |
| 1 | Lent is upon us whether we asked for it or not. | |
| 2 | One afternoon I drove out from Jaipur in a final attempt at reconciliation. | |
| 3 | Talking to reporters in New Delhi after the Jaipur blasts last week Menon said. | |
| 4 | It was Ramadan, and he had to prepare Sehur, the last meal before sunrise. | |
| 5 | Those trees wake up in the morning and beat their chests and drink their coffee black. |