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吃
chī
1.
to eat
2.
to consume
3.
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
4.
to eradicate
5.
to destroy
6.
to absorb
7.
to suffer
8.
to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is <jí>)
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
乱吃
luànchī
to eat indiscriminately
偷吃
tōuchī
to eat on the sly
口吃
kǒuchī
to stammer
可吃
kěchī
edible
吃人
chīrén
exploitative
吃刀
chīdāo
penetration of a cutting tool
吃力
chīlì
to entail strenuous effort
吃味
chīwèi
to be jealous
吃喝
chīhē
to eat and drink
吃坏
chīhuài
to get sick because of bad food
吃奶
chīnǎi
to suck the breast (for milk)
吃完
chīwán
to finish eating
吃布
chībù
to catch on cloth (e.g. of a zip fastener)
吃掉
chīdiào
to eat up
吃水
chīshuǐ
drinking water
吃油
chīyóu
(of food) to absorb oil
吃法
chīfǎ
way of eating
吃相
chīxiàng
table manners
吃穿
chīchuān
food and clothing
吃素
chīsù
to be a vegetarian
Example Sentences (10)
再来点儿米饭吧，你吃得太少了。
Zài lái diǎnr mǐfàn ba,nǐ chī de tài shǎo le.
Have a bit more rice, you've eaten too little.
Text 2
别吃了，你已经吃了三块蛋糕了。
Bié chī le, nǐ yǐjīng chī le sān kuài dàngāo le.
Don't eat anymore, you've already eaten three pieces of cake.
Text 2
刚结婚的时候，我丈夫是中学老师，他喜欢每天早上起床后，一边吃早饭一边看报纸。
Gāng jiéhūn de shíhou, wǒ zhàngfu shì zhōngxué lǎoshī, tā xǐhuan měitiān zǎoshang qǐchuáng hòu, yì biān chī zǎofàn yì biān kàn bàozhǐ.
When we had just gotten married, my husband was a middle school teacher. He liked to eat breakfast while reading the newspaper every morning after getting up.
Text 4
别吃了，你已经吃了三块蛋糕了。
Bié chī le, nǐ yǐjīng chī le sān kuài dàngāo le.
Don't eat anymore, you've already eaten three pieces of cake.
Text 2
你吃过水果饭吗？你在饭馆的菜单上见过水果饭吗？你想学着做水果饭吗？
Nǐ chī guo shuǐguǒ fàn ma? Nǐ zài fànguǎn de càidān shàng jiàn guo shuǐguǒ fàn ma? Nǐ xiǎng xué zhe zuò shuǐguǒ fàn ma?
Have you eaten fruit rice? Have you seen fruit rice on a restaurant menu? Do you want to learn to make fruit rice?
Text 4
今天的羊肉很好吃，你怎么不吃了？
Jīntiān de yángròu hěn hǎo chī, nǐ zěnme bù chī le?
Today's lamb is delicious. Why did you stop eating?
Text 2
这个星期天天都吃羊肉，不想吃了。
Zhège xīngqī tiāntiān dōu chī yángròu, bù xiǎng chī le.
I've been eating lamb every day this week; I don't want to eat it anymore.
Text 2
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 474
- Word Frequency Rank
- 192 of 84,292