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吃素
chīsù
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English Definitionto be a vegetarian
Simplified Script吃素
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinchīsù
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄔ ㄙㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)hek3sou3
Part of Speech(动宾式) verb object
Word Decomposition
吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])
素sùraw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever

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Words With Same Head Word    
吃喝玩乐chīhē wánlèto eat, drink and be merry (idiom); to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
吃亏chīkuīto suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately
吃惊chījīngto be startled; to be shocked; to be amazed
吃苦chīkǔto bear hardships
吃力chīlìto entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task; strenuous; laborious; strain
Words With Same Tail Word    
因素yīnsùelement; factor
维生素wéishēng sùvitamin
元素yuánsùelement; element of a set; chemical element
像素xiàngsùpixel
要素yàosùessential factor; key constituent
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