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维生素

wéi shēng sù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 3-character word Traditional 維生素

维生素 (wéi shēng sù) means "vitamin". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 维生素 means

1. vitamin

The characters in 维生素

• 维wéito preserve; to maintain; to hold together
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 素sùraw silk; white; plain, unadorned

Example sentences

• 水果富含维生素和矿物质。
  Fruits are rich in vitamins and minerals.
• 橙子含有大量的维生素 C。
  Chéngzi hányǒu dàliàng de wéishēngsù C.
  Oranges contain a lot of vitamin C.
• 柳丁含有大量的维生素 C。
  Liǔdīng hányǒu dàliàng de wéishēngsù C.
  Tangerines contain a lot of vitamin C.
• 胡萝卜中含有大量的维生素A。
  Húluóbo zhōng hányǒu dàliàng de wéishēngsù A.
  Carrots contain a lot of vitamin A.

Words containing 维生素

• 多种维生素duō zhǒng wéi shēng sùmultivitamin

Where 维生素 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · wéi–wěi (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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