| 吃 |
| 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 (-) | |
