1. adjective plain; white
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 白色的 (CCD '素' 1; Guoyu '素' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '素' 2, p. 433; Unihan '素'; XHZD '素' 1)
  2. noun vegetarian food
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink
    Notes: Also, not containing onion, garlic, or leek (CCD '素' 3; Guoyu '素' n 5; Kroll 2015 '素' 3, p. 433; Unihan '素'; XHZD '素' 3)
  3. noun element
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Chemistry
    Notes: (CCD '素' 5; Guoyu '素' n 2)
  4. noun a letter written on white silk
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '素' n 3)
  5. adjective original; former; native
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD '素' 4; Guoyu '素' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '素' 2a, p. 433; Unihan '素'; XHZD '素' 2)
  6. adverb normally; usually; always
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD '素' 6; Guoyu '素' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '素' 5, p. 433; Unihan '素'; XHZD '素' 4)
  7. noun plain silk; white silk
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Used for writing (Guoyu '素' n 1; Kroll 2015 '素' 4, p. 433; XHZD '素' 5)
  8. adjective simple
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 朴素; for example, in the ”Thousand Character Classic” 敦素 'honest and simple' (CCD '素' 2; Guoyu '素' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '素' 2, p. 433; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 2310)
  9. noun the actual situation
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 真情 (Guoyu '素' n 4)
  10. adverb in vain; for nothing
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 平白 (Guoyu '素' adv 1)
  11. noun beige; the color of plain silk
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '素' 1, p. 433)
  12. adjective worthy but with no official position
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '素' 2b, p. 433)
  13. adjective fundamental
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '素' 2c, p. 433)
  14. noun a cloud carriage
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Taoism
    Notes: Used to carry divinities in Taoist mythology (Kroll 2015 '素' 2d, p. 433)
  15. noun jasmine
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In 素馨花 (Kroll 2015 '素' 6, p. 433; Guoyu '素馨')
  16. adjective white; śveta
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: śveta, or: avādata, Japanese: so, or: su (BCSD '素', p. 928; MW 'śveta'; SH '素', p. 336; Unihan '素')

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  • Scroll 2 Dasheng Fa Yuan Yi Lin Zhang 大乘法苑義林章 — count: 42
  • Scroll 1 Mahārakṣāmantrānusāriṇīsūtra (Fo Shuo Da Hu Ming Da Tuoluoni Jing) 佛說大護明大陀羅尼經 — count: 31
  • Scroll 13 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 30
  • Scroll 2 Mahāpratisarādhāraṇīsūtra (Pubian Guangming Qing Jing Chisheng Ruyi Bao Yin Xin Wu Neng Sheng Da Ming Wang Da Sui Qiu Tuoluoni Jing) 普遍光明清淨熾盛如意寶印心無能勝大明王大隨求陀羅尼經 — count: 23
  • Scroll 46 A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀 — count: 22 , has English translation
  • Scroll 3 Ji Shenzhou San Bao Gan Tong Lu 集神州三寶感通錄 — count: 22 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Sutra of the Correct Inclusion in the Great Vehicle of Present Awakening of all the Tathagatas of the Diamond Pinnacle, the Great King of Teachings 金剛頂一切如來真實攝大乘現證大教王經 — count: 21
  • Scroll 22 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 21
  • Scroll 20 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 19
  • Scroll 7 Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經 — count: 19 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 素弥 (素彌) 曠野素彌 — An Alternative Translation of the Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 12
  • 陀素 (陀素) 所謂陀素比丘是 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 12
  • 素駄 (素駄) 佛說師子素駄娑王斷肉經 — Shizi Su Duo Wang Duan Rou Jing師子素馱娑王斷肉經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
  • 师子素 (師子素) 佛說師子素駄娑王斷肉經 — Shizi Su Duo Wang Duan Rou Jing師子素馱娑王斷肉經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
  • 素知 (素知) 一人商主素知此路前有艱嶮 — Dazhengju Wang Jing (Pāyāsisuttanta) 大正句王經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
  • 白素 (白素) 猶如白素易染為色 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 5
  • 清素 (清素) 而今清素志性淡泊 — Brahmāyus Sūtra (Fanmoyu Jing) 梵摩渝經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 素缯 (素繒) 素繒繫首 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 23 — count: 4
  • 素帛 (素帛) 蠅脚污素帛 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 50 — count: 4
  • 素发 (素髮) 素髮已生 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 48 — count: 2