吃素

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Verb

吃⫽素 (verb-object)

  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):
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
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 吃素
Singapore 吃素
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 吃素
Southwestern Mandarin Wuhan 吃素, 吃齋
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 吃齋
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
Puxian Min Putian 食齋
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 食齋
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 食齋
Xianyou 食齋
Xianyou (Fengting) 食齋
Xianyou (Youyang) 食齋
Wu Wenzhou 吃素
Xiang Loudi 吃齋

Antonyms

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