吃 chī — to eat; to have a meal

吃
chī

Level 1 · Common HSK 1 #429

Variant: 喫

chī chi1

Basic definition

  1. verb to eat; to have a meal e.g 吃饭吃药吃东西
  2. verb to absorb; to consume e.g 吃力吃劲吃水
  3. verb to suffer; to receive e.g 吃亏吃惊吃苦
  4. verb to take; to capture e.g 吃子

Detailed explanation

verb
  1. stutter;stammer e.g 吃子 吃吃
  2. (形声。从口，契声。本义:吃东西。按:“吃”在古代一般不当“吃东西”讲。“吃东西”的意义古代写作“喫”。汉字简化后“喫”写作“吃”)
  3. eat;take e.g 吃喝吃相 吃面包 · 吃用
  4. drink e.g 吃血 · 吃茶
  5. absorb e.g 这种纸不吃墨
  6. suffer;incur;bear e.g 吃辛吃苦 · 吃比 · 吃受
  7. -ed by e.g 吃惊受怕 · 吃孽 · 吃板子 · 吃拳 · 吃笑
  8. have one’s meals or eat at a restaurant，etc. e.g 吃食堂
  9. live on;live off e.g 吃荤饭 · 吃野食 · 吃门户饭 · 吃生意饭 · 吃自在饭
  10. expense e.g 吃力
  11. annihilate e.g 又吃掉敌军一个师
  12. fall e.g 吃交 · 吃乔 · 吃蹶
  13. bully e.g 吃人
  14. soak e.g 吃载 · 吃水十二尺深的船
preposition
  1. by;because;for;due to，owing to

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