吃
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #327 U+5403
How 吃 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 乞 (phonetic, qǐ)
How to remember it
eat · Heisig RSH #471
口 mouth + 乞 beg
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 乞
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 乞 (qǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乞 sound component | qǐ | to beg; to request |
| 疙 | gē | pimple, sore; wart, pustule |
| 讫 | qì | to finish, to conclude; to exhaust |
| 迄 | qì | to extend, to reach; till, until |
| 矻 | kū | busy; to toil, to slave away |
| 屹 | yì | to rise, to stand tall |
| 虼 | gè | flea |
| 圪 | gē | (phonetic) |
| 扢 | gǔ | to clean, to rub |
| 汔 | qì | nearby |
Words containing 吃
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吃不上 | chī bu shàng | unable to get anything to eat; to miss a meal |
| 吃不下 | chī bu xià | not feel like eating; be unable to eat any more |
| 吃不开 | chī bu kāi | be unpopular; won't work |
| 好马不吃回头草 | hǎo mǎ bù chī huí tóu cǎo | lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom); fig. once yo… |
| 吃不来 | chī bu lái | to be unaccustomed to certain food; to not be keen on certain food |
| 吃得苦中苦，方为人上人 | chī dé kǔ zhōng kǔ , fāng wéi rén shàng rén | one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (p… |
| 大吃 | dà chī | to gorge oneself; to pig out |
| 吃人 | chī rén | exploitative; oppressive |
| 吃水 | chī shuǐ | drinking water; to obtain water (for daily needs); to absorb water; draft (of ship) |
| 生吃 | shēng chī | to eat raw |
| 吃得开 | chī de kāi | to be popular; to be getting on well; much in demand |
| 小吃 | xiǎo chī | street food; snack |
| 白吃 | bái chī | to eat without paying; to eat for free |
| 大吃特吃 | dà chī tè chī | to gorge oneself with food |
| 合吃族 | hé chī zú | lit. joint eaters; a restaurant social gathering, esp. organized online among strangers |
| 吃老本 | chī lǎo běn | to live off one's past achievements; to rest on one's laurels |
| 吃法 | chī fǎ | way of eating; how something is eaten; how a dish is prepared; the way a dish is to be coo… |
| 吃力 | chī lì | to entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task; strenuous; laborious; strain |
| 口吃 | kǒu chī | to stammer; to stutter; Taiwan pr. [kou3ji2] |
| 开吃 | kāi chī | to start eating |