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Meaning of 吃

Pinyin chī

Radical

口

Strokes

Definition

eat / eradicate / destroy / receive, eat, stammer

Usage

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吃 [chī] Verb 1. To send something into the mouth and swallow it, or to rely on something for living: 吃饭 (eat rice), 吃药 (take medicine), 吃斋 (eat a vegetarian diet). 2. To annihilate or eliminate (mostly used in military contexts or games): 吃掉敌人一个连 (destroy an enemy company). 3. To inhale or suck: 吃烟 (smoke). 4. To feel or experience: 吃惊 (be surprised), 吃紧 (feel tense), 吃一堑，长一智 (learn from mistakes). 5. To suffer or encounter: 吃官司 (face a lawsuit). 6. To bear or support: 吃不消 (cannot bear). 7. The depth of a boat submerged in water: 吃水深浅 (depth of the boat in water). 8. Indicates passive voice, similar to "被": 吃那厮砍了一刀 (was cut by that guy). 9. To stutter: 口吃 (speech impediment). 吃 [chī] 1. To eat. Contrast with 喝 (drink). 2. To drink. 3. To absorb. 4. To suffer, bear, or incur. 5. Indicates passive voice, similar to "被". 6. To eat at a place where food is sold (e.g., restaurants). 7. To live on or rely on something to survive. 8. To use or incur expense. 9. To eliminate or destroy a significant part. 10. To fall. 11. To bully. 12. To soak. 吃 [chī] Preposition Indicates passive voice; by, due to, because of. 吃 [chī] Verb Original meaning: to stutter. The character is formed phonetically with the mouth (口) and a sound character (乞). 引: 1. 《说文》: 吃, 言蹇难也 (To stutter is to speak with difficulty). 2. 《汉书·周昌传》: 昌为人吃 (Chang was a person who stuttered). 例: 如: 吃子 (a person who stutters); 吃吃 (to stutter or have trouble expressing words). 形: 1. Describes the appearance of stuttering or difficulty in speech, such as "口吃". 状: 1. Describes laughter. 汉·伶玄《赵飞燕外传》: 帝昏夜拥昭仪居七成帐, 笑吃吃不止 (At night, the emperor held the concubine in the tent, laughing incessantly).

不吃 bù chī

not eat / eat nothing / without eating

好吃 hǎo chī

tasty / delicious

吃惊 chī jīng

to be startled / to be shocked / to be amazed

大吃一惊 dà chī yī jīng

to have a surprise (idiom); shocked or startled / gobsmacked

吃掉 chī diào

to eat up / to consume

吃法 chī fǎ

way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked

小吃 xiǎo chī

snack / refreshments / CL:家[jia1]

吃喝 chī hē

to eat and drink / food and drink

吃药 chī yào

to take medicine

吃苦 chī kǔ

to bear hardships

吃酒 chī jiǔ

drink wine

吃力 chī lì

to entail strenuous effort / to toil at a task / strenuous / laborious / strain

吃水 chī shuǐ

drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship)

口吃 kǒu chī

to stammer / to stutter / also pr. [kou3 ji2]

吃醋 chī cù

to feel jealous

吃香 chī xiāng

popular / in demand / well regarded

吃食 chī shí

to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed

吃紧 chī jǐn

in short supply / dire / tense / critical / hard-pressed / important

哑巴吃黄连 yǎ ba chī huáng lián

no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom) / also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲 / (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])

吃喝玩乐 chī hē wán lè

to eat, drink and be merry (idiom) / to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure

大吃大喝 dà chī dà hē

to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself

吃一堑长一智 chī yī qiàn zhǎng yī zhì

A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit

吃一堑 chī yī qiàn

Eat a bite

吃喝嫖赌 chī hē piáo dǔ

to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling / to lead a life of dissipation

寅吃卯粮 yín chī mǎo liáng

lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later

狗吃屎 gǒu chī shǐ

to fall flat on one's face (vulgar)

吃饭 chī fàn

to have a meal / to eat / to make a living

好吃懒做 hào chī lǎn zuò

happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom) / all take and no give

吃里扒外 chī lǐ pá wài

live on sb. while helping others secretly

自找苦吃 zì zhǎo kǔ chī

to bring trouble on oneself

吃不了兜着走 chī bu liǎo dōu zhe zǒu

lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) / fig. you'll have to take the consequences

吃斋 chī zhāi

to abstain from eating meat / to be a vegetarian

省吃俭用 shěng chī jiǎn yòng

to live frugally / to economize on food and clothing / to scrimp and save

癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉 lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu

lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom) / fig. to try to punch above one's weight

吃败仗 chī bài zhàng

Lose the battle

吃亏 chī kuī

to suffer losses / to come to grief / to lose out / to get the worst of it / to be at a disadvantage / unfortunately

吃大亏 chī dà kuī

to cost one dearly / to end disastrously / to pay bitterly

吃苦耐劳 chī kǔ nài láo

hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)

吃荤 chī hūn

eat meat and other food produced by fowls or animals

自讨苦吃 zì tǎo kǔ chī

to ask for trouble (idiom) / to make a rod for one's own back

贪吃 tān chī

gluttonous / voracious

争风吃醋 zhēng fēng chī cù

to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman / to be jealous of a rival in a love affair