"Vegetarian" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 素食者 | sù shí zhě | vegetarian |  |
| 素 |  sù | raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever |  |
| 纯素 | chún sù | plain / ordinary / vegan / vegetarian | |
| 菜色 | cài sè | dish / lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet) / emaciated look (from malnutrition) | |
| 素食 | sù shí | vegetarian food / to eat a vegetarian diet | |
| 吃素 | chī sù | to be a vegetarian | |
| 开荤 | kāi hūn | to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet / (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience | |
| 吃斋 | chī zhāi | to abstain from eating meat / to be a vegetarian | |
| 开斋 | kāi zhāi | to stop following a vegetarian diet / to break a fast | |
| 斋 | zhāi | to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc / vegetarian diet / study room / building / to give alms (to a monk) | |
| 蔬食 | shū shí | vegetarian meal / vegetarian diet | |
| 素筵 | sù yán | vegetarian feast / food offerings to Buddha | |
| 素斋 | sù zhāi | vegetarian food | |
| 茹素 | rú sù | to eat a vegetarian diet | |
| 素肉 | sù ròu | vegetarian meat substitute | |
| 素鸡 | sù jī | vegetarian chicken, a soybean product | |
| 奶蛋素 | nǎi dàn sù | ovo-lacto vegetarian | |
| 蛋奶素 | dàn nǎi sù | ovo-lacto vegetarian | |
| 五辛素 | wǔ xīn sù | (adjective) non-Buddhist vegetarian (allowing strong-smelling vegetables like garlic and onions) | |
