素食者 (sù shí zhě) — vegetarian (person)

Definition

noun

vegetarian (person)

Measure word · 个

素食者。
Wǒ shì yí gè sù shí zhě.
I am a vegetarian.
素食者。
Yuè lái yuè duō de sù shí zhě xuǎn zé zhí wù dàn bái.
More and more vegetarians choose plant protein.
素食者。
Zhè jiā cān tīng wèi sù shí zhě zhǔn bèi le zhuān mén de cài dān.
This restaurant has a special menu for vegetarians.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

素食vegetarian food

素sùvegetable/plain食shífood

偏正Modifier + head

素食 (vegetarian food) and 者 (person) form the idea of someone who eats vegetarian food.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 素 came from a picture of hands braiding thread.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The form behind 食 shows 亼, a mouth, together with 皀, a bowl of rice on a stand. In modern 食, the bowl part has changed shape.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 者 originally drew a sugarcane with full stems, small points around it, and an open smiling mouth at the bottom.

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