素食 sùshí vegetarian food
vegetarian food; to eat a vegetarian diet
How to remember 素食: 素 plain + 食 food = vegetarian food.
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How it is used
- Vegetarian food / to eat vegetarian - 我吃素食 (wǒ chī sùshí) I eat vegetarian; 素食主义者 a vegetarian.
- 素 (plain, meatless) contrasts with 荤 (hūn, meat dishes); 吃素 is the common verbal phrase.
- Everyday dietary vocabulary.
Example sentences
- 我是素食主义者。 Wǒ shì sùshízhǔyìzhě.I'm vegetarian.
- 汤姆新的女朋友是素食主义者。 Tāngmǔ xīn de nǚpéngyǒu shì sùshízhǔyìzhě.Tom's new girlfriend is a vegetarian.