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吃 - chī

eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear

eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear

How to read 吃

Click 吃 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinchī
Englisheat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

吃人 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 吃住. Please read 吃伤 one more time.

Common words with this character

exploitative; oppressive
food and lodging; to stay and eat meals
to become sick of a food after eating it too much
penetration of a cutting tool

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 吃 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 吃人 and 吃住 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 吃.