# 食齋
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): sik$^6$ zaai$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̍t-châi
    (Hailu, HRS): shid$^ˋ$ zai$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sed$^6$ zai$^1$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sia$^2$ zai$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h-che
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ziah$^8$ zê$^1$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): jia$^6$ ze$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sik$^6$ zaai$^1$
*** Yale: sihk jāai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sik$^9$ dzaai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xig$^6$ zai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪk̚² t͡saːi̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̍t-châi
*** Hakka Romanization System: siid zai$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sid$^6$ zai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚⁵ t͡sai̯²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: shid$^ˋ$ zai$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʃit² t͡sai⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sed$^6$ zai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /sət̚⁵ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sia$^2$ zai$^1$ [Phonetic: sia$^5$ zai$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬia¹³⁻²¹ t͡sai⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sia$^2$ zai$^1$ [Phonetic: sia$^5$ lai$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬia¹³⁻²¹ $^{(t͡s-)}$lai⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-che
*** Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-tse
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqzef
*** IPA (Penang): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻³ t͡se³³/
*** IPA (Singapore): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ t͡se⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ziah$^8$ zê$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsia̍h tse
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siaʔ⁴⁻² t͡se³³/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: jia$^6$ ze$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sia³³ t͡sɛ³⁵/

### Verb

食齋
* (Cantonese, Hakka, Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien, Leizhou Min, Teochew, Puxian Min) to live on a vegetarian diet; to be a vegetarian

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吃素, 吃齋, 茹素 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 吃素 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | 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 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 食齋, 食素 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 食齋 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 食齋, 食素 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 食齋 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 食齋 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 食齋 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 食齋 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 食齋 |
| Hakka | 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 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 食菜 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 食菜 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 食菜 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 食菜 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 食菜 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 食菜 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 食素, 食菜 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 食菜 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 食菜 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 食素, 食菜 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 食菜, 食素 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 食菜 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 食菜 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 食菜, 食齋 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 食齋 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 食菜 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 食齋 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 食齋, 食澈 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 食齋 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 吃素 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 吃齋 |

#### Antonyms

* 吃葷／吃荤 (chīhūn)
* 茹葷／茹荤 (rúhūn)
* (Hokkien) 食臊