食齋 [－斋]

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Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to be a vegetarian
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    唔​食肉​，​乳​製​品​同​蛋​，​淨​係​食菜
    to be vegetarian
    • 你呢排瘦咗喎，呢排食齋呀？
      你呢排瘦咗㖞，呢排食斋呀？
      You have grown thin, have you gone vegetarian?
  2. 動詞
    長​時間​禁​慾​，​唔​扑​嘢
    to be celibate, to go without sex
    • 你呢排咁鬱躁嘅，老婆迫你食齋呀？
      你呢排咁郁躁嘅，老婆迫你食斋呀？
      You have been edgy lately, is you wife being cold to you?
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Malaysia, Singapore, Teochew
    to live on a vegetarian diet; to be a vegetarian
    (syn.) 吃素, 吃齋, 食素, 食齋, 食菜, 茹素, 饁齋
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 吃素
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    我系食斋嘅。
    我係食齋嘅。
    ngo5 hai6 sik6 zaai1 ge3 。
    • I am a vegetarian.
    • I don't eat meat.
    • I'm vegetarian.
  2. Cantonese
    我食斋嘅，所以如果可以嘅话我唔想食肉。
    我食齋嘅，所以如果可以嘅話我唔想食肉。
    ngo5 sik6 zaai1 ge3 ， so2 ji5 jyu4 gwo2 ho2 ji5 ge3 waa2 ngo5 m4 soeng2 sik6 juk6 。
    • I'm a vegetarian, so I'd rather not have meat, if that's okay.
  3. Cantonese
    食斋嘅人会唔会间唔中偷鸡食吓肉㗎？
    食齋嘅人會唔會間唔中偷雞食吓肉㗎？
    sik6 zaai1 ge3 jan4 wui2 m4 wui2 gaan1 m4 zung1 tau1 gai1 sik6 haa5 juk6 gaa3 ？
    • Do vegetarians have cheat days?
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    食斋
    食齋
    sik6 zaai1
    • to eat vegetarian food; to be a vegetarian
  2. Cantonese
    每逢初一、十五，我阿妈都食斋。
    每逢初一、十五，我阿媽都食齋。
    mui5 fung4 co1 jat1, sap6 ng5, ngo5 aa3 maa1 dou1 sik6 zaai1.
    • My mum goes vegetarian on the first and fifteenth days of each lunar month.
  3. Cantonese
    食斋太寡喇。
    食齋太寡喇。
    sik6 zaai1 taai3 gwaa2 laa3.
    • Eating vegetarian is so tasteless.
  4. Cantonese
    每逢初一、十五，我妈妈都食斋嘅。
    每逢初一、十五，我媽媽都食齋嘅。
    mui5 fung4 co1 jat1, sap6 ng5, ngo5 maa4 maa1 dou1 sik6 zaai1 ge3.
    • Whenever it's the first and the fifteenth of the lunar month, my mother goes vegetarian for the day.
  5. Cantonese
    你呢排瘦咗㖞，呢排食斋呀？
    你呢排瘦咗喎，呢排食齋呀？
    • You have grown thin, have you gone vegetarian?