Character data

HSK 5

FREQUENCY 661st character

RADICAL ⽷ (120.4)

STROKES 10

INDEX # 1775

素 sù

plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); usually

HSK 5 #661

素 sù	1. plain, unadorned 2. vegetarian (food) 3. usually 4. always 5. nature 6. essence 7. element 8. constituent 9. white 10. ever 11. raw silk

Word	Meaning
重元素 zhòng yuán sù	heavy element (such as uranium)
音素 yīn sù	phoneme
类毒素 lèi dú sù	toxoid
平素 píng sù	usually; normally; ordinarily
叶绿素 yè lǜ sù	chlorophyll
刺激素 cì jī sù	growth hormone
味素 wèi sù	monosodium glutamate (MSG)
孕激素 yùn jī sù	progesterone
抗毒素 kàng dú sù	antitoxins
核黄素 hé huáng sù	riboflavin (vitamin B2)
氯霉素 lǜ méi sù	chloramphenicol; chloromycetin
素朴 sù pǔ	simple; unadorned; unsophisticated
素鸡 sù jī	vegetarian chicken, a soybean product
素颜 sù yán	a face without makeup
胆红素 dǎn hóng sù	bilirubin
七荤八素 qī hūn bā sù	confused; distracted
七葷八素 qī hūn bā sù	confused; distracted
不是吃素的 bù shì chī sù de	not to be trifled with; to be reckoned with
干酪素 gān lào sù	casein
乾酪素 gān lào sù	casein
互素 hù sù	relatively prime (having no common factor); (math.) coprime
亮菌甲素 liàng jūn jiǎ sù	armillarisin (fungal enzyme used as antibiotic)
信息素 xìn xī sù	pheromone
催乳激素 cuī rǔ jī sù	prolactin
催生素 cuī shēng sù	oxytocin

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