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素

sù

HSK 5 Character

What 素 means

1. raw silk
2. white
3. plain, unadorned
4. vegetarian (food)
5. essence
6. nature
7. element
8. constituent
9. usually
10. always
11. ever

Example sentences

• 我是吃素的。
  Wǒ shì chīsù de.
  I am a vegetarian.
• 他生活朴素。
  Tā shēnghuó pǔsù.
  He lived a simple life.
• 你是素食者。
  You are a vegetarian.
• 她是素食者。
  She is a vegetarian.
• 我是纯素食者。
  Wǒ shì chúnsùshízhě.
  I'm a vegan.
• 他是纯素食者。
  He's vegan.

Words starting with 素

• 素质sù zhìinner quality; basic essence
• 素食sù shívegetarian food; to eat a vegetarian diet
• 素材sù cáisource material (in literature and art)
• 素养sù yǎng(personal) accomplishment; attainment in self-cultivation
• 素描sù miáosketch
• 素有sù yǒuto have; to have always had
• 素不相识sù bù xiāng shíto be total strangers (idiom)
• 素来sù láiconsistently; always (in the past and now)
• 素菜sù càivegetable dish
• 素雅sù yǎsimple yet elegant
• 素人sù rénuntrained, inexperienced person; layman; amateur; ordinary person; non-celebrity
• 素常sù chángordinarily; usually
• 素手sù shǒuwhite hand; empty-handed
• 素数sù shùprime number
• 素日sù rìusually
• 素面sù miànface (of a woman) without makeup; solid color (unpatterned)
• 素食者sù shí zhěvegetarian
• 素不相能sù bù xiāng néngunable to get along (idiom)
• 素质教育sù zhì jiào yùall-round education (as opposed to exam-oriented education 应试教育
• 素食主义sù shí zhǔ yìvegetarianism
• 素质差sù zhì chàso uneducated!; so ignorant!
• 素皮sù pívegan leather
• 素面朝天sù miàn cháo tiānlit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup…
• 素净sù jingsimple and neat; quiet (colors); unobtrusive

Words containing 素

• 因素yīn sùelement; factor
• 朴素pǔ sùplain and simple; unadorned; simple living
• 元素yuán sùelement (key component of sth); (chemistry) element; (math) element (member of a set)
• 要素yào sùessential factor; key constituent
• 维生素wéi shēng sùvitamin
• 激素jī sùhormone
• 吃素chī sùto be a vegetarian
• 毒素dú sùtoxin; (fig.) pernicious influence
• 抗生素kàng shēng sùantibiotic
• 我行我素wǒ xíng wǒ sùto continue in one's own way (idiom)
• 色素sè sùpigment
• 平素píng sùusually; habitually; ordinarily
• 胰岛素yí dǎo sùinsulin
• 尿素niào sùcarbamide; urea (NH2)2CO
• 营养素yíng yǎng sùnutrient
• 微量元素wēi liàng yuán sùtrace element (chemistry)
• 青霉素qīng méi sù(pharmacology) penicillin
• 纤维素xiān wéi sùcellulose
• 像素xiàng sùpixel
• 全素quán sùvegan
• 字素zì sùgrapheme
• 核素hé sù(physics) nuclide
• 语素yǔ sùmorpheme
• 质素zhì sù(high) quality

Characters that look like 素

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 索suǒto search; to demand; to ask
• 拿náto hold; to seize; to catch
• 贵guìexpensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank
• 晕yūnconfused; dizzy; giddy
• 萦yíng(literary) to wind around
• 贲bēnenergetic

Sounds the same

Read sù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 诉to complain; to sue; to tell
• 速fast; rapid; quick
• 塑to model (a figure) in clay; (bound form) plastic (i.e. the synthetic material)
• 宿lodge for the night; old; former
• 肃respectful; solemn; to eliminate
• 粟millet; (metonym) grain
• 溯to go upstream; to trace the source
• 夙morning; early; long-held
• 愫guileless; sincere
• 簌used in 簌簌
• 嗉the crop of a bird
• 僳used in 傈僳