吃

chī

HSK 1

Meaning

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

Definition

吃是进餐、咀嚼和吞咽食物的动作。

To eat; the action of consuming food.

Usage

用于表示进食的动作，也可用于比喻或固定搭配中。

Used to indicate the action of eating, also used in figurative expressions or fixed collocations.

Examples

1 我吃饭了。 (I ate rice/meal.)
2 你喜欢吃什么？ (What do you like to eat?)
3 他吃得太快了。 (He eats too fast.)
4 我们一起去吃火锅吧。 (Let's go eat hotpot together.)
5 她每天都要吃药。 (She has to take medicine every day.)

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