Chinese Word of the Day

维生素
wéi shēng sù

vitamin

Definitions

Chinese > English
维生素
1. Simplified form of 維生素
維生素	wéishēngsù
1. n. vitamin
2. usage. On the Chinese mainland, 維他命 is considered dated.
English > Chinese
vitamin
1. 名词. 維生素
Components
维
1. Simplified form of 維
維	wéi
1. to hold together; to maintain; to preserve; to safeguard
維持 - to maintain
2. (geometry) dimension
纖維 - fibre
3. Short for 維生素, vitamin
4. Short for 維吾爾, Uyghur
生	shēng, shēn
1. to live; to subsist; to exist
2. to grow; to develop; to bud
3. (causative) to bear; to give birth; to bring up; to rear
他妻子生了一對雙胞胎女孩。 (Tā qīzǐ shēng le yī duì shuāngbāotāi nǚhái.) - His wife gave birth to twin girls.
4. to be born; to come into existence
他生在中國。 (Tā shēng zài zhōngguó.) - He was born in China.
5. pupil; disciple; student
你作為全日制生必須定期上課。 (Nǐ zuòwèi quánrìzhì shēng bìxū dìngqī shàngkè.) - As a full-time student, you should attend classes on a regular basis.
6. (historical) scholar; Confucian scholar
7. (opera) actor or male character
8. Short for 先生, gentleman
9. (Cantonese, honorific, suffix) Short for 先生, Mr.
10. 陳生 - Mr. Chan
11. having life; live
Synonyms: 活
規矩係死嘅，人係生嘅。 - Rules are lifeless; humans are not.
條魚jyu4-2 啱啱喺條河度釣上soeng5 嚟，仲係生saang1 嘅。 - The fish was just caught with a hook and line from the river. It is still alive.
12. life; existence; being; living
殺生 (shāshēng) - to destroy a life
13. fresh; not stale
14. unripe
15. raw; uncooked
Antonyms: 熟
生洋蔥 (shēng yángcōng) - raw onions
我覺gok3得呢ni1 塊肉仲係太生。 - I think this piece of meat is too raw.
16. (historical ethnography) uncultured; uncultivated; wild; uncivilized; savage
生 ^黎 (shēng Lí) - wild Li
17. strange; unfamiliar
生人 (shēngrén) - stranger
18. mechanically; forcedly
19. very; quite; extremely
生怕 (shēngpà) - to fear; to be afraid of
20. vivid; strong; forceful
21. innate; natural; born with
22. living things; organism
23. livelihood; subsistence
謀生 (móushēng) - to make a living
24. lifetime; all one's life
來生 (láishēng) - afterlife
25. birthday; anniversary
慶生 (qìngshēng) - to celebrate one's birthday
26. to bring back to life; to revive; to rescue
27. to generate; to breed; to create
28. to manufacture; to produce
29. to happen; to occur; to take place
30. to catch (a disease)
我生了什麼病？ (Wǒ shēng le shénme bìng?) - What disease have I got?
生seⁿ蛇 (seⁿ-chôa) - to have shingles, MN
31. to be infested by a parasite
生跳蚤 (shēng tiàozǎo) - to be infested with fleas
生蝨乸 - to be infested with lice
32. (Buddhism) to go into society; to be reincarnated
33. (dialectal) to set up; to put in; to settle
34. to light; to ignite (a fire)
母親沒有生爐子zi。 (Mǔqīn méi yǒu shēng lúzi.) - Mother did not light the stove.
35. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note high do (1̇).
Synonyms: 仩
36. (Hong Kong, honorific, suffix) -san, when referring to a Japanese person
素	sù
1. white
素面 - unadorned face; face without makeup
素服 - white mourning clothes
2. plain
素淨 - plain and neat
3. vegetarian (food)
素菜 - vegetable dish; vegetarian dish
吃素 - to live on a vegetarian diet; to be a vegetarian
素食 - vegetarian foods; to maintain a vegetarian diet
4. original; unprocessed
素材 - source material
素質 - nature
5. usually; always; all along
平素 - normally; usually
素不往來 - have never had contact with each other
武漢素稱「九省shěng.通衢」。 - Wuhan has always been called "the thoroughfare of the nine provinces".
6. element
元素 - element
維生素 - vitamin
色素 - pigment
7. (mathematics) prime
素數 - prime number
互素 - coprime; relatively prime

Pronunciation

wéi shēng sù

Review previous words

歌手	长	磨边机	灰
水壶	四十六	酒精	揉搓
鞋	耳	二十四	午饭
田间	木	鹿	街角

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