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chī



吃
eat


Definitions

Chinese > English
chī
     1. to eat; to consume
           他 很 喜歡 吃飯。 - He loves to eat.
           你 吃飯 了 嗎? - Have you eaten? (also a greeting)
           你 吃 過 飯 嗎? - Have you eaten? (also a greeting)
           儂 飯 吃 過 了 ?? - tr=3non&3ve&4qiq gu leq&0vaq, Have you eaten? (also a greeting), SH
           喫jaak3 屎 啦 你! - Eat shit!
     2. to live on
     3. to suffer; to endure; to bear
           吃苦 - to endure hardship
           吃虧 - to suffer losses, to be at a disadvantage
           他 胸口 吃 了 一 槍。 - He took a bullet in the chest.
     4. to exhaust; to be a strain
           Chrome 吃 內存。 - Chrome is a memory hog.
     5. to drink
     6. (board games) to capture
     7. (mahjong) to chow
     8. =====Usage notes=====
     9. to stammer; to stutter; to falter
           口吃 - to stammer, to stutter
     10. Only used in 吃吃 (qīqī)
     11. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 食 (-)
     12. (cat, cmn, Beginning Mandarin)
Chinese > Chinese
     1. (相關字;喫;齧)
English > Chinese
eat
     1. 动词. 吃、食
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chī




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