纯素

純素

chúnsù

adjective

Meanings

1 vegan
2 purely plant-based

Characters

plain, vegetarian

Examples

这家餐厅所有菜都是纯素的。

Zhèjiā cāntīng suǒyǒu cài dōu shì chúnsù de.

Every dish in this restaurant is vegan.

她坚持纯素饮食已经三年了。

Tā jiānchí chúnsù yǐnshí yǐjīng sānnián le.

She has stuck to a vegan diet for three years.

Tips

usage

纯素 is stricter than 素食 (vegetarian): it excludes all animal products including eggs, dairy and honey. Buddhist temple cuisine (素斋) is traditionally closer to 纯素 than to lacto-ovo vegetarianism.

Stroke Order

纯 chún

素 sù