素 sù
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sù
adjective
plain; white
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 白色的 (CCD '素' 1; Guoyu '素' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '素' 2, p. 433; Unihan '素'; XHZD '素' 1) -
sù
noun
vegetarian food
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink
Notes: Also, not containing onion, garlic, or leek (CCD '素' 3; Guoyu '素' n 5; Kroll 2015 '素' 3, p. 433; Unihan '素'; XHZD '素' 3) -
sù
noun
element
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Chemistry
Notes: (CCD '素' 5; Guoyu '素' n 2) -
sù
noun
a letter written on white silk
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '素' n 3) -
sù
adjective
original; former; native
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD '素' 4; Guoyu '素' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '素' 2a, p. 433; Unihan '素'; XHZD '素' 2) -
sù
adverb
normally; usually; always
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD '素' 6; Guoyu '素' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '素' 5, p. 433; Unihan '素'; XHZD '素' 4) -
sù
noun
plain silk; white silk
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Used for writing (Guoyu '素' n 1; Kroll 2015 '素' 4, p. 433; XHZD '素' 5) -
sù
adjective
simple
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 朴素; for example, in the ”Thousand Character Classic” 敦素 'honest and simple' (CCD '素' 2; Guoyu '素' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '素' 2, p. 433; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 2310) -
sù
noun
the actual situation
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 真情 (Guoyu '素' n 4) -
sù
adverb
in vain; for nothing
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 平白 (Guoyu '素' adv 1) -
sù
noun
beige; the color of plain silk
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '素' 1, p. 433) -
sù
adjective
worthy but with no official position
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '素' 2b, p. 433) -
sù
adjective
fundamental
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '素' 2c, p. 433) -
sù
noun
a cloud carriage
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Taoism
Notes: Used to carry divinities in Taoist mythology (Kroll 2015 '素' 2d, p. 433) -
sù
noun
jasmine
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In 素馨花 (Kroll 2015 '素' 6, p. 433; Guoyu '素馨')
Contained in
- 素质(素質) inner quality; basic essence ; a white background
- 纯素食主义(純素食主義) veganism, a diet consisting solely of plant products; strict vegetarianism
- 生长素(生長素) auxin (plant growth hormone)
- 纯素食(純素食) vegan; vegan food
- 动情激素(動情激素) estrogen
- 血清素 serotonin
- 素面(素麵) vegetable noodle dish
- 同位素分离(同位素分離) isotopic separation
- 裂变同位素(裂變同位素) fissile isotope
- 字素 grapheme
- 卤素(鹵素) halogen
- 素尼派 Sunni sect
- 襟素 one's true heart
- 新霉素 neomycin (antibiotic)
- 素牍(素牘) books
- 铅素(鉛素) lead pencil and silk; writing materials
- 花青素 anthocyanidin (biochemistry)
- 素馅(素餡) vegetable filling
- 凝集素 agglutinin; lectin
- 儿茶素(兒茶素) catechin
- 茄红素(茄紅素) lycopene
- 天然毒素 natural toxin
- 动情素(動情素) estrogen
- 单端孢霉烯类毒素中毒症(單端孢霉烯類毒素中毒症) trichothecenes toxicosis
- 素具 should always be kept in readiness
- 降肾上腺素(降腎上腺素) noradrenalin
- 胆绿素(膽綠素) biliverdin
- 绒毛性腺激素(絨毛性腺激素) human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG)
- 形态发生素(形態發生素) morphogen
- 半素食主义(半素食主義) semi-vegetarianism
- 蛋黄素(蛋黃素) lecithin
- 花色素苷 anthocyanin (biochemistry)
- 欣以素牍(欣以素牘) when I was happy I turned to my books
- 霍乱毒素(霍亂毒素) cholera toxin
- 雌激素 estrogen
- 素尔(素爾) sol
- 七荤八素(七葷八素) confused; distracted
- 曲霉毒素 aspergillus
- 角质素(角質素) keratin
- 番茄红素(番茄紅素) Lycopene
- 自由素食主义(自由素食主義) Freeganism
- 胡萝卜素(胡蘿蔔素) carotene
- 素面朝天 to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃); (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup
- 雌性激素 estrogen
- 缁素(緇素) Buddhist monastics and laypeople
Also contained in
素拉信纳 、 素可泰 、 义素 、 素可泰遗址 、 词素 、 素可泰府
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷48 列傳第13 楊素 Volume 48 Biographies 13: Yang Su Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 94
- 卷四十一 列傳第二十九: 楊播 楊敷 Volume 41 Biographies 29: Yangbo, Yang Fu History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 90
- 卷七十二 列傳第三十二 文九王 Volume 72 Biographies 32: Wen Jiuwang Book of Song 宋書 — count: 46
- 卷十四 列傳第四 宋宗室及諸王下 Volume 14 Biographies 4: Members of the Song Imperial Family 2 History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 40
- 卷七十一 列傳第五十九: 隋宗室諸王 Volume 71 Biographies 59: The Sui Imperial Family History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 39
- 卷45 列傳第10 文四子 Volume 45 Biographies 10: Wen Sizi Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 33
- 卷一百〇八 列傳第五十八: 韋見素 崔圓 崔渙 杜鴻漸 Volume 108 Biographies 58: Wei Jiansu, Cui Yuan, Cui Huan, Du Hongjian Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 32
- 卷二百七十四 列傳第三十三 王贊 張保續 趙玭 盧懷忠 王繼勳 丁德裕 張延通 梁迥 史珪 田欽祚 侯贇 王文寶 翟守素 王侁 劉審瓊 Volume 274 Biographies 33: Wang Zan, Zhang Baoxu, Zhao Pin, Lu Huaizhong, Wang Jixun, Ding Deyu, Zhang Yantong, Liang Jiong, Shi Gui, Tian Qinzuo, Hou Yun, Wang Wenbao, Di Shousu, Wang Shen, Liu Shenqiong History of Song 宋史 — count: 29
- 卷二百四十五 列傳第一百三十三 周起元 繆昌期 周順昌 周宗建 黃尊素 李應昇 萬燝 Volume 245 Biographies 133: Zhou Qiyuan, Miao Changqi, Zhou Shunchang, Zhou Zongjian, Huang Zunsu, Li Yingsheng, Wan Jing History of Ming 明史 — count: 28
- 卷七十八 志第二十八: 輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 27
Collocations
- 素积 (素積) 三王共皮弁素積 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 9
- 见素 (見素) 庶見素冠兮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧檜‧素冠 Lessons from the states - Odes of Gui - Su Guan — count: 6
- 素车 (素車) 素車樸馬 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 6
- 素丝 (素絲) 素絲五紽 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧羔羊 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Gao Yang — count: 6
- 素衣 (素衣) 素衣朱襮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧揚之水 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Yang Zhi Shui — count: 6
- 弁素 (弁素) 三王共皮弁素積 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 5
- 素冠 (素冠) 素冠 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧檜‧素冠 Lessons from the states - Odes of Gui - Su Guan — count: 5
- 素沙 (素沙) 狄稅素沙 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《雜記上》 Miscellaneous Records I — count: 4
- 素韠 (素韠) 庶見素韠兮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧檜‧素冠 Lessons from the states - Odes of Gui - Su Guan — count: 4
- 素餐 (素餐) 不素餐兮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧魏‧伐檀 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Fa Tan — count: 3