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5.

How to Use 吃

Eating and food words

In words like 好吃, 小吃, 贪吃, and 吃喝玩乐, 吃 (chī) refers to eating or food-related activities.

好吃 • hǎo chī • delicious • HSK 2

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6.

HSK Vocabulary: 吃

大吃一惊 • dà chī yī jīng • to have a surprise (idiom); shocked or startled

HSK 3.0 · L6

dà大

7.

Example Sentences

tā他

xǐ喜

huān欢

chī吃

píng苹

guǒ果

Information

Pinyinchī

Meaningto eat

Strokes6

Radical口

Traditional喫

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#69

Zhuyinㄔ

UnicodeU+5403

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口mouth

The mouth (口) engages with something, using the sound (乞) — to eat or consume.

hǎo好

chī吃

delicious

小吃 • xiǎo chī • snack • HSK 4

HSK 4

xiǎo小

chī吃

snack

贪吃 • tān chī • greedy / gluttonous • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

tān贪

chī吃

greedy / gluttonous

吃喝玩乐 • chī hē wán lè • eating / drinking / and having fun / enjoying life • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

chī吃

hē喝

wán玩

lè乐

eating / drinking / and having fun / enjoying life

Suffering or enduring

In words like 吃惊, 吃亏, 吃力, and 吃苦, 吃 (chī) describes experiencing or enduring something.

吃惊 • chī jīng • to be startled • HSK 4

HSK 4

chī吃

jīng惊

to be startled

吃亏 • chī kuī • to suffer losses; come to grief; take a beating • HSK 5

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chī吃

kuī亏

to suffer losses; come to grief; take a beating

吃力 • chī lì • strenuous; laborious • HSK 6

HSK 6

chī吃

lì力

strenuous; laborious

吃苦 • chī kǔ • bear hardships • HSK 6

HSK 6

chī吃

kǔ苦

bear hardships

chī

吃

yī一

jīng惊

to have a surprise (idiom); shocked or startled

口吃 • kǒu chī • Stammer / stutter

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

kǒu口

chī吃

Stammer / stutter

。

He likes to eat apples.

wǒ我

men们

měi每

tiān天

dōu都

yào要

àn按

shí时

chī吃

fàn饭

。

We need to eat meals on time every day.

wǒ我

měi每

tiān天

chī吃

zǎo早

fàn饭

。

I eat breakfast every day.

kàn看

dào到

bié别

rén人

chéng成

gōng功

，

tā他

yǒu有

diǎn点

chī吃

cù醋

。

He feels a bit jealous seeing others succeed.

zhè这

cì次

jiāo交

yì易

tā他

chī吃

le了

dà大

kuī亏

。

He suffered big losses in this transaction.

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Characters pronounced "chi".

炽chìburning-hot, intense; to burn, blaze; splendid, illustrious
叱chìscold, shout at, bawl out
嗤chīlaugh at, ridicule, sneer; snort
持chíto hold, to grasp, to maintain
池chípond; pool
侈chǐextravagant, wasteful

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Characters with radical "口".

嗨hāi[sound used in lyrics for balance or euphony]
喃nánkeep talking, chattering; mumble
喔wōdescriptive of crying or of crowing
嗣sìto connect, inherit; descendants, heirs
咯gēfinal particle
嘎gǎsound of laughter; bad, malevolent

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