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Zai may refer to:

• Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire, ongoing UNDP code ZAI
• Zaï, an off-season farming technique to collect water and nutrients from compost, to restore degraded drylands and increase soil fertility
• Zai (surname) (宰), a Chinese surname
• Zai (suffix), suffix denoting a member of certain Pashtun tribes
• Zai, Palghar, a village in Maharashtra, India
• Zväz autorov a interprétov populárnej hudby (Union of Authors and Performers, ZAI), a presenter of the ZAI Awards
• Zaire, a former state in Africa
• Zayin, a letter of many Semitic abjads
• Isthmus Zapotec (ISO 639-3: zai), a Zapotecan language of Mexico

Given names

• Li Zai (died 1343), Chinese painter
• Wang Zai, Chinese general of the Tang Dynasty
• Yuan Zai (died 777), Chinese noble, Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
• Zhang Zai (1020–1077), Chinese philosopher and cosmologist
• Zai Bennett, Television executive
• Zai Fundo (1899–1944), Albanian journalist and writer

See also

• Zay (disambiguation)
• Zae (disambiguation)