吃素

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	plain; element
simp. and trad. (吃素)		吃	素

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīsù

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ sou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīsù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihsù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-su⁴
    • Yale: chr̄-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chysuh
    • Palladius: чису (čisu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ su⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ sou³
    • Yale: hek sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ sou̯³³/

Verb

吃素

1. to live on a vegetarian diet; to be a vegetarian

   我吃素。  ―  Wǒ chīsù.  ―  I'm a vegetarian.

   他吃了七天素。  ―  Tā chī le qī tiān sù.  ―  He went vegetarian for seven days.

2. (figurative) to be weak; to be powerless; to be yielding

   我可不是吃素的。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Wǒ kě bùshì chīsù de. [Pinyin]

   Don't mess with me.

Synonyms

• (to be a vegetarian): 茹素 (rúsù); (Cantonese, Min Nan) 食齋／食斋; (Min Nan) 食菜, 食素

Antonyms

• (to be a vegetarian): 吃葷／吃荤 (chīhūn), 茹葷／茹荤 (rúhūn); (Min Nan) 食臊

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