吃 meaning and pronunciation

吃
Simplified/traditional character

吃 English definition

chī
  • to eat
  • to consume
  • to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  • to eradicate
  • to destroy
  • to absorb
  • to suffer
  • to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])

HSK levels

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • 哧 : sound of giggling; see 呼哧[hu1 chi1];
  • 嗤 : laugh at; jeer; scoff at; sneer at;
  • 媸 : ugly woman;
  • 摛 : to spread (fame); wield (pen);
  • 樆 : manjack or cordia (genus Cordia); flowering plants in the borage family (300 species of shrubs and trees)
  • 瓻 : large wine jar;
  • 痴 : imbecile; sentimental; stupid; foolish; silly;
  • 眵 : discharge (rheum) from the mucous membranes of the eyes;
  • 笞 : to whip with bamboo strips;
  • 絺 : fine fibers of hemp; linen;
  • 蚩 : ignorant; worm;
  • 螭 : dragon with horns not yet grown (in myth or heraldry); variant of 魑[chi1];
  • 魑 : mountain demon;
  • 鸱 : scops owl;
  • 黐 : wood glue; sticky; bird-lime;

Sentences examples with 吃

  • 那些菜，我都喜欢吃。
    Nàxiē cài, wǒ dōu xǐhuān chī.
  • 他吃一点。
    Tā chī yīdiǎn.
  • 狗都太喜欢吃。
    Gǒu dōu tài xǐhuān chī.
  • 猫不吃苹果。
    Māo bù chī píngguǒ.
  • 我吃米饭，你呢？
    Wǒ chī mǐfàn, nǐ ne?

Words containing 吃, by HSK level

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