纯素

純素

chúnsù

adjective

Meanings

1 vegan
2 purely plant-based

Characters

plain, vegetarian

Examples

HSK 4

这家餐厅所有菜都是纯素的。

Zhè jiā cāntīng suǒyǒu cài dōu shì chúnsù de.

Every dish in this restaurant is vegan.

HSK 5

她坚持纯素饮食已经三年了。

Tā jiānchí chúnsù yǐnshí yǐjīng sān nián 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