HSK 6 · Body

维生素 wéishēngsù “vitamin” in Chinese

Traditional 維生素

What 维生素 means

  1. vitamin

How to say 维生素

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale维wéi2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale生shēng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale素sù4th tone, falling

维生素 in a sentence

  1. 水果富含维生素和矿物质。

    Shuǐguǒ fùhán wéishēngsù hé kuàngwùzhì.

    Fruit is rich in vitamins and minerals.

    Sentence #9788833 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 维生素 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 维 (wéi) with each of its parts in a different colour
维wéito preserve
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 隹 (zhuī) hints at the sound. Compare it with wéi.

The character 生 (shēng) drawn as one shape
生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce

生 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidA shoot growing up out of the soil 土: to grow, to be born.

The character 素 (sù) with each of its parts in a different colour
素sùraw silk
  • 龶part of the character
  • 糸silk · mì

How to write 维生素

维 11 strokes · 生 5 strokes · 素 10 strokes

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维生素 (wéishēngsù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 维生素 (wéishēngsù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 维生素

Words with 维

维修wéixiū · to repair维持wéichí · to maintain维护wéihù · to safeguard纤维xiānwéi · fibre思维sīwéi · thinking

Words with 生

医生yīshēng · doctor学生xuésheng · student先生xiānsheng · mr大学生dàxuéshēng · university student小学生xiǎoxuéshēng · primary school student中学生zhōngxuéshēng · middle-school student生日shēngrì · birthday生病shēngbìng · to get sick生气shēngqì · angry女生nǚshēng · female student

Words with 素

因素yīnsù · element素食sùshí · vegetarian food朴素pǔsù · plain元素yuánsù · element素质sùzhì · quality要素yàosù · key element

More words: People, Body & Health

死亡sǐwáng · death四肢sìzhī · limbs苏醒sūxǐng · to regain consciousness瘫痪tānhuàn · paralysed消毒xiāodú · to disinfect膝盖xīgài · knee细菌xìjūn · bacteria新陈代谢xīnchéndàixiè · metabolism

FAQs

维生素 (wéishēngsù) means “vitamin”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wéishēngsù: wéi with a 2nd tone, then shēng with a 1st tone, then sù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 维生素 is written 維生素. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type weishengsu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 维生素 from the suggestions. Typing weishengsu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
维生素 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.