粵

食sik6齋zaai1

simp食斋
sik6 zaai1shí zhāi

English

  1. to be a vegetarian
  2. to be vegetarian
  3. to be celibate, to go without sex

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 唔食肉,乳製品同蛋,淨係食菜
  2. 長時間禁慾,唔扑嘢

Examples

  • 我係食齋嘅。

    I am a vegetarian.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 食齋嘅人會唔會間唔中偷雞食吓肉㗎?

    Do vegetarians have cheat days?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我食齋嘅,所以如果可以嘅話我唔想食肉。

    I'm a vegetarian, so I'd rather not have meat, if that's okay.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 你呢排瘦咗喎,呢排食齋呀?

    You have grown thin, have you gone vegetarian? ----

  • 你呢排咁鬱躁嘅,老婆迫你食齋呀?

    You've been irritable lately, has your wife been distant?

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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