吃

喫

chīㄔ

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HSK 1 TOCFL 1

Meaning

Meanings

1
variant of 吃[chi1]
2
to eat; to consume
3
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
4
to eradicate; to destroy
5
to absorb
6
to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)

Examples

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你自己拿蛋糕吃吧。

你自己拿蛋糕喫吧。

Please help yourself to the cake.

他们午饭吃了三明治。

他們午飯喫了三明治。

They ate sandwiches for lunch.

我们吃面包夹黄油。

我們喫麪包夾黃油。

We eat butter on bread.

想吃多少饼干就吃多少。

想喫多少餅乾就喫多少。

Take as many cookies as you want.

万一你生病了，吃这个药。

萬一你生病了，喫這個藥。

Take this medicine in case you get sick.

Characters

Character breakdown

口

kǒu

mouth

Related: 吃

吃力

chī lì

to entail strenuous effort

吃苦

chī kǔ

to bear hardships

吃亏

chī kuī

to suffer losses

吃饭

chī fàn

to have a meal

吃惊

chī jīng

to be startled

小吃

xiǎo chī

street food; snack

吃喝玩乐

chī hē wán lè

lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom)

Stroke practice

Practice writing 吃

Characters

simplified script

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