吃

chī

Novice Level 1 ★ Core word

Verb

Definition

to eat; to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate; to destroy
to absorb
to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)

Stroke order

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Example

我不喜歡吃辣的。

I don't like eating spicy food.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).