素食 sùshí▶ ăn chay

Stroke order

素食 is written in 19 strokes across 2 characters.

• 素 — 10 strokes
• 食 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. vegetarian food
2. to eat a vegetarian diet

Related words

• 元素yếu tố
• 朴素đơn giản
• 素质chất lượng
• 要素Yếu tố thiết yếu
• 饮食chế độ ăn uống
• 维生素vitamin

素食 is pronounced sùshí and means “ăn chay”. HSK 6 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 素食 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.