素食

sùshí

noun HSK 7 #9,389

Meanings

1 vegetarian food
2 vegetarian diet

Characters

plain; vegetable

Examples

她坚持吃素食已经五年了。

Tā jiānchí chī sùshí yǐjīng wǔ nián le.

She has been eating vegetarian food for five years.

这家餐厅只提供素食。

Zhè jiā cāntīng zhǐ tígōng sùshí.

This restaurant only serves vegetarian food.

Tips

usage

素食 is the noun for vegetarian food. A vegetarian person is 素食者 (sùshízhě). The opposite is 荤食 (hūnshí, meat-based food).

Stroke Order

素 sù

食 shí