Word and Radical Components of 吃

The Chinese word 吃 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
吃	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=====
	吃h-jí.ogg	9. to stammer; to stutter; to falter
		口吃 - to stammer, to stutter
	qī, jí	10. Only used in 吃吃 (qīqī)
		11. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 食 (-)

吃 ⇨ 口 + 乞

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
口	kǒu	1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity
		漱漱你的口。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out.
		這話出自你的口，聽來令人奇怪。 (Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài.) - This sounds strange in your mouth.
		2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
		入口 (rùkǒu) - entrance
		出口 (chūkǒu) - exit
		門口 (ménkǒu) - doorway
		3. gateway
		張家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu) - Zhangjiakou
		口北 (Kǒuběi) - the area beyond the Great Wall
		口蘑 (kǒumó) - St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa)
		4. hole; cut
		口子zi (kǒuzi) - hole
		傷口 (shāngkǒu) - wound
		5. port
		電腦端口 (shāngkǒu) - computer port
		Csēi口 (sēikǒu) - USB-C port
		6. perimeter
		人口 (rénkǒu) - population
		戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou
		7. government organ; department
		三口之家 (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three
		我可以吃一口嗎？ (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite?
		8. (neologism, slang) to fellate
		9. Variant of 名
乞	qǐ	1. to beg
		2. to request
	qì	3. (obsolete or Min Dong, Teochew) to give
		乞汝一把筆 (ké̤ṳk nṳ̄ siŏh bā bék) - someone gives you a pen, MD
		伊乞我本書 ( i1 keh4 ua2 bung2 ze1) - he gave me a book, MN-T
		4. (Min Dong, ;, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Teochew Min Nan) by
		乞人拍死 - tr=keh4 nang5 pah4 si2, be beat to death by someone, MN-T
		5. (Min Dong, ;, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Teochew Min Nan) (Used before a verb to indicate passive voice.)
		杯仔乞偷去 - the cup has been stolen, MN

乞 ⇨ + 乙

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
		1.
乙	yǐ	1. The second of the ten heavenly stems (天干)
		2. second; 2; B; II; beta (used for unnamed people or objects, to enumerate headings in a list, for grades, etc.)
		路人甲和路人乙 (lùrén jiǎ hé lùrén yǐ) - passerby A and passerby B
		他法語成績得了乙。 (Tā fǎyǔ chéngjì dé le yǐ.) - He got a B in French.
		乙肝 (yǐgān) - hepatitis B
		3. (chemistry) eth-; ethyl
		乙烷 (yǐwán) - ethane
		4. (literary, formal) one
		（公文）……加乙份。 ((gōngwén)...... Jiā yǐ fèn.) - (In official letters) …added one copy.
	yǐ	5. (ACG, sometimes sarcastic) thank you for the hard work in (doing something)
		自-演乙 (zìyǎn yǐ) - (q-lite, sarcastically) thank you for your hard work in staging this "drama".
	yǐ	6. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note ti (7).
		Synonyms: ?
		7. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note low ti (7̣).
		Synonyms: 一
		8. (Cantonese) Only used in 山雞乙 (a place in Hong Kong)