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  sou3   jyutping
  su4   pinyin
[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


nounAdditional PoS: adjectiveadverb
Stroke count: 10
Level: 3
Radical: (#120)

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

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This word has been viewed 12448 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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detail  sou3 caan1  su4 can1 = vegetarian meal; the traditional meal after a funeral
detail  cing1 mui4 sou3  qing1 mei2 su4 = penicillin; see also 盤尼西林
detail  sou3 zat1  su4 zhi4 = inner quality
detail  sou3 loi4  su4 lai2 = usually
detail  hek3 sou3  chi1 su4 = to be a vegetarian
detail  jiu3 sou3  yao4 su4 = factor
detail  jan1 sou3  yin1 su4 = element; factor
detail  jyun4 sou3  yuan2 su4 = element
detail  gik1 sou3  ji1 su4 = hormone
detail  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
detail 糖尿病所以每日胰島素
Her dog has diabetes, so it needs insulin shots each day.

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: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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