吃素
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Chinese[edit]
eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer |
plain; element | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (吃素) |
吃 | 素 | |
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
吃⫽素 (verb-object)
- to live on a vegetarian diet; to be a vegetarian
- (figurative) to be weak; to be powerless; to be yielding
Synonyms[edit]
- (to be a vegetarian):
Dialectal synonyms of 吃素 (“to be a vegetarian; to eat vegetarian food”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吃素, 吃齋, 茹素 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 吃素 |
| Xi'an | 吃素 | |
| Wuhan | 吃素, 吃齋 | |
| Nanjing | 吃齋 | |
| Singapore | 吃素 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 食齋 |
| Hong Kong | 食齋, 食素 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 食齋 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 食齋, 食素 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 食齋 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 食齋 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 食齋 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 食齋 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 食齋 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 食菜 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 吃素 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 饁齋 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 食菜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 食菜 |
| Quanzhou | 食菜 | |
| Jinjiang | 食菜 | |
| Zhangzhou | 食菜 | |
| Taipei | 食菜 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 食菜 | |
| Kaohsiung | 食菜 | |
| Yilan | 食素, 食菜 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 食菜 | |
| Taichung | 食菜 | |
| Tainan | 食素, 食菜 | |
| Hsinchu | 食菜, 食素 | |
| Kinmen | 食菜 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 食菜 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 食菜, 食齋 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 食齋 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 食菜 | |
| Jieyang | 食齋 | |
| Leizhou | 食齋, 食澈 | |
| Haikou | 食齋 | |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 吃素 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 吃齋 |