早齋

Chinese

		early; morning	a fast; studio
trad. (早齋)		早	齋
simp. (早斋)		早	斋

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chá-chai

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chá-chai
    • Tâi-lô: tsá-tsai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zafzay
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sai³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁴⁴/

Noun

早齋

1. (Southern Min) eating vegetarian in the morning

References

• “早齋”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.