| sù | plain/element/vegetarian dish |
| 素 | raw silk white plain, unadorned |
| 素不相识 | to be total strangers (idiom) |
| 素什锦 | assorted vegetarian delicacies; braised assorted vegetables |
| 素养 | accomplishment; attainment; outfit; quality |
| 素净 | plain and neat |
| 素原促进 | antigen (medicine) |
| 素因子 | prime factor; prime divisor |
| 素席 | vegetarian feast |
| 素常 | usually; ordinarily |
| 素心 | wish |
| 素志 | long-cherished will |
| 素性 | disposition |
| 素愿 | long-cherished ambition |
| 素手 | white hand empty-handed |
| 素描 | sketch |
| 素数 | prime number |
| 素斋 | vegetarian food |
| 素日 | generally; usually |
| 素昔 | at ordinary times |
| 素昧平生 | to have never met sb before (idiom); entirely unacquainted a complete stranger not to know sb from Adam |