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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

吃 [chī]

1. verb [咀嚼吞咽] eat

吃面条

eat noodles

吃药

take medicine

吃奶

suckle
2. verb [就餐] eat in

我中午不做饭，吃食堂。

I don't cook lunch – I eat in the canteen.
3. verb [依靠] live off

吃劳保

live off welfare

吃老本

rest on one's laurels
4. verb [消灭] wipe … out

吃掉一个棋子

take a chess piece
5. verb [耗费] withstand

吃力

strenuous

吃不消

unable to withstand
6. verb [吸收] absorb

棉布吃水。

Cloth absorbs water.
7. verb [受] take

他胸口吃了一枪。

He took a bullet in the chest.

吃亏

lose out

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

吃 [chī]

1. verb eat; take; consume; feed

吃苹果

eat an apple

吃药

take medicine

吃糖

have some sweets

吃得很饱

have eaten one's fill
2. verb have one's meals; eat somewhere

吃食堂

have one's meals in the mess
3. verb live on (or off)

吃利钱

live on interest

吃劳保

live on labour insurance
4. verb annihilate; wipe out

吃掉敌军一个师

annihilate an enemy division

吃一个子儿

take a piece (in chess)
5. verb exhaust; be a strain on

吃力

entail strenuous effort; be a strain
6. verb absorb; soak up

这种纸不吃墨水。

This kind of paper does not absorb ink.

茄子很吃油。

Eggplant calls for a lot of oil in cooking.
7. verb suffer; bear; incur

腿上吃了一枪

get wounded by a shot in the leg

连吃败仗

suffer one defeat after another

我可不吃这一套。

I won't take all this lying down.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

吃 [chī]

1. 形 (说话)结巴

口吃
2. 动咀嚼后吞咽下去(有时也指吸、喝)

吃饭

吃饼干

吃素

吃奶
3. 动吸纳(液体)

沙土地特别能吃水

这种纸不吃墨
4. 动消灭；吞并

吃掉敌人两个师

连吃了对方三个子儿

把这家公司吃进来
5. 动耗费

吃力

吃劲儿
6. 动感受；承受

吃了一惊

身体吃不消

吃过败仗
7. 动指一物体进入另一物体

轮船越重吃水越深

车这种零件吃刀不能太浅
8. 动依靠某种事物生活

靠山吃山，靠水吃水

吃劳保
9. 动领会；理解

吃透教材

吃不准
10. 名吃的东西

缺吃少穿
11. "吃"字统读ｃｈī，不读ｊí

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Examples

在火车上也没什么可吃的，我就吃了包方便面。: Having no other choice on the train, I ate the instant noodles.
吃火锅的时候，绿豆芽可以涮着吃。: When eating hotpot, mung bean sprouts can be instant boiled in the dish.
依我的口味，吃羊肉莫若吃烤鸭！: In my opinion, I prefer to eat roast duck rather than mutton.
俗话说吃水果有益健康，因之，我们要多吃水果。: As the saying goes, eating fruit is good for your health, so we need to eat more fruit.
吃油饼比吃馒头耐饥。
这张烙饼你吃大半我吃小半。
东北菜还吃得来，川菜太辣，就吃不来了
病人吃了药，睡觉安顿多了。: The patient slept much better after taking the medicine.
我暗暗吃了一惊。: I was startled but didn't show it.
我不喜欢那些吃白食的人。: I don't like those who are prone to live off other people.; 1041 more results

Character Decomposition

口 [kǒu]	+	乞 [qǐ]

Stroke Order

Total Strokes: 12

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