素 (sou3 | su4) : white silk; plain; usually; vegetarian

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素

sou3

su4

[1] white silk; natural-coloured silk
[2] white; natural-coloured
[3] plain; simple; native; unprocessed
[4] basic element/constituent
[5] usually; always; ordinarily
[6] vegetarian food/diet; vegetable dish

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 糸 (#120)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

素

Don't confuse with:
索

This word has been viewed 15040 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 27th Sep 2010 07:03

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素餐 sou3 caan1 su4 can1 = vegetarian meal; the traditional meal after a funeral

青霉素 cing1 mui4 sou3 qing1 mei2 su4 = penicillin; see also 盤尼西林

素質 sou3 zat1 su4 zhi4 = inner quality

素來 sou3 loi4 su4 lai2 = usually 國

吃素 hek3 sou3 chi1 su4 = to be a vegetarian 國

要素 jiu3 sou3 yao4 su4 = factor

因素 jan1 sou3 yin1 su4 = element; factor

元素 jyun4 sou3 yuan2 su4 = element

激素 gik1 sou3 ji1 su4 = hormone

維生素 wai4 sang1 sou3 wei2 sheng1 su4 = vitamin
See all 74 compounds (CantoDict reports 85 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 素

佢隻狗有糖尿病，所以每日要打胰島素粵
Her dog has diabetes, so it needs insulin shots each day.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 素
Unicode code for this character: U+7d20 (off-site link)

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