The Chinese word for vitamin is
维生素

wéi shēng sù

vitamin

Chinese Definition

vitamin
1. 名词. 維生素
Components
维
1. Simplified form of 維
生
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
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

Translations for 素 and their definitions

維生素
1. n. vitamin
2. usage. On the Chinese mainland, 維他命 is considered dated.

维生素
1. Simplified form of 維生素

維他命
1. n. (chiefly Taiwan Hong Kong dated or dialectal in Mainland) vitamin
記得de 多吃蘋果哦，補充維他命。 - Remember to eat more apples to get more vitamins.
2. usage. On the Chinese mainland, 維他命 is considered dated.