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吃
喫
chī
1. variant of [[吃<chī>]]
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 6 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

吃
chī
to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
HSK 1 6 丶

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
HSK 6
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

Alternate Entries

吃
chī
to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is <jí>)
HSK 1

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
474
Word Frequency Rank
192 of 84,292

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