素食

sùshí

noun HSK 7-9 #9,389

Meanings

1 vegetarian food
2 vegetarian diet

Characters

plain; vegetable

Examples

HSK 3

她坚持吃素食已经五年了。

Tā jiānchí chī sùshí yǐjīng wǔnián le.

She has been eating vegetarian food for five years.

HSK 5

这家餐厅只提供素食。

Zhèjiā 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