素 (sù) — (noun) vegetarian food; (adjective) plain; unadorned; (adjective) vegetarian (of food)
Definition
素 as an adjective means 'plain, unadorned' (style, color, food). For 'simple/unadorned' in a more literary register, use 朴素; for a vegetarian diet as a practice, use 素食. The noun sense is 'vegetarian food.'
noun
vegetarian food
adjective
plainunadornedvegetarian (of food)
Examples
- 素。Tā xǐ huan chuān hěn sù de yī fu.She likes to wear very plain clothes.
- 。Tā diǎn le yí fèn sù cài.He ordered a vegetarian dish.
- ，。Wài pó cháng qī chī sù, shēn tǐ hěn hǎo.Grandmother has been a vegetarian for a long time and is in good health.
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