纯素食

純素食

chúnsùshí

noun

Meanings

1 vegan food; a vegan diet
2 vegan

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

吃纯素食的人不吃肉，也不吃鸡蛋和牛奶。

Chī chúnsùshí de rén bù chī ròu, yě bù chī jīdàn hé niúnǎi.

People on a vegan diet eat no meat, and no eggs or milk either.

HSK 4

这家餐厅只做纯素食。

Zhè jiā cāntīng zhǐ zuò chúnsùshí.

This restaurant serves only vegan food.

Tips

usage

纯 'pure' marks the stricter diet: 素食 'vegetarian food' may include eggs and dairy, while 纯素食 leaves out every animal product. A vegan is a 纯素食者. In Chinese Buddhist practice, 吃素 usually also rules out onion and garlic.

Stroke Order

纯 chún

素 sù

食 shí