素 sù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 糸 — silk
- Made of
- 龶 growing plant 糸 silk
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
素食
sùshí
vegetarian food; vegetarian diet
Characters in this word
食 shí
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 食 — food
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 越来越多餐厅推出素食菜单，并不只是迎合潮流，也是在回应环保压力。 Yuè lái yuè duō cāntīng tuīchū sùshí càidān, bìng bù zhǐshì yínghé cháoliú, yě shì zài huíyìng huánbǎo yālì. More and more restaurants are offering vegetarian menus not merely to follow a trend, but also in response to environmental pressure.
- 为了健康，他坚持素食已经三年了。 Wèile jiànkāng, tā jiānchí sùshí yǐjīng sān nián le. For the sake of his health, he has kept a vegetarian diet for three years.
- 这家餐馆的素食做得特别好吃，连肉食爱好者也喜欢。 Zhè jiā cānguǎn de sùshí zuò de tèbié hǎochī, lián ròushí àihàozhě yě xǐhuan. The vegetarian food at this restaurant is so delicious that even meat lovers enjoy it.
Related words
- 朴素 pǔsù simple, plain
- 素质 sùzhì quality, caliber
- 维生素 wéishēngsù vitamin
- 要素 yàosù essential element, factor
- 元素 yuánsù element
- 激素 jīsù hormone
- 抗生素 kàngshēngsù antibiotic
- 素 sù vegetarian; plain; simple
- 素不相识 sùbùxiāngshí to be complete strangers
- 素材 sùcái material; source material
- 素养 sùyǎng quality; accomplishment; literacy
- 食物 shíwù food