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Chinese
Etymology
From the Classic of Poetry, poem 112 (《詩經·魏風·伐檀》):
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
|
素
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
sù
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ suH ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*ˁak-s/
|
| English
|
white silk
|
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
|
素
|
餐
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
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| No.
|
12099
|
1117
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Phonetic
component
|
素
|
粲
|
Rime
group
|
魚
|
元
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
1
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
訴
|
餐
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*saːs/
|
/*sʰaːn/
|
| Notes
|
|
聲符皆爲歺又
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Verb
素餐
- (literary) to eat without working
- to maintain a vegetarian diet
Synonyms
- (to maintain a vegetarian diet): 吃素 (chīsù)
Derived terms
Noun
素餐
- vegetarian foods (Classifier: 頓／顿 m)
Synonyms