吃

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Example sentences

• 我吃了。

  Wǒ chī le

  I ate them.

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• 吃了没。

  Ch le m i

  Have you eaten?

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• 他没吃。

  Tā méi chī

  He hasn't eaten.

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• 你没吃。

  Nǐ méi chī

  You didn't eat.

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Words containing 吃

• 吃chī 1to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
• 吃饭chī fàn 1–4 to have a meal; to eat; to make a living
• 好吃hǎo chī 3–1 tasty; delicious
• 吃惊chī jīng 1–1 to be startled; to be shocked; to be amazed
• 小吃xiǎo chī 3–1 snack; refreshments
• 吃亏chī kuī 1–1 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 1–4 to entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task; strenuous; laborious; strain
• 吃苦chī kǔ 1–3 to bear hardships
• 大吃一惊dà chī yī jīng 4–1–1–1to have a surprise (idiom); shocked or startled; gobsmacked
• 口吃kǒu chī 3–1 to stammer; to stutter; Taiwan pr. [kǒu jí]
• 吃喝玩乐chī hē wán lè 1–1–2–4to eat, drink and be merry (idiom); to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
• 吃不上chī bu shàng 1–5–4unable to get anything to eat; to miss a meal