吃
chīㄔ
Sino-Vietnamese: CẬT
Traditional: 吃
HSK 1HSK 3.0 · 1TOCFL 1
Meaning(verb)
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
Taking medicine is 吃药.
Examples
你吃早饭了吗?
nǐ chī zǎo fàn le ma?
Have you had breakfast?
我们去吃火锅吧。
wǒ men qù chī huǒ guō ba.
Let's go have hot pot.
感冒了要按时吃药。
gǎn mào le yào àn shí chī yào.
When you have a cold, take your medicine on time.
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Stroke order
CẬT · 6 strokes
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
Related words
- 好吃 hǎo chī — tasty; delicious
- 吃惊 chī jīng — to be startled; to be shocked; to be amazed
- 小吃 xiǎo chī — snack; refreshments
- 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
- 吃力 chī lì — to entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task; strenuous; laborious; strain
- 吃苦 chī kǔ — to bear hardships