A1 · reviewed · real-chinese
你吃了吗？
？ Have you eaten?Practice path
Make this line survive without the page.
Start with the sound, then answer the authored recall prompts for this exact line. No browsing through the whole quiz set.
Current move
Hear it cold Listen first, then choose the Mandarin line before reading the page again.Listen first, then choose the Mandarin line before reading the page again.
Next你吃了吗？ 02 What does 你吃了吗？ mean?It literally asks if you ate, but it can also be a friendly check-in.
PracticeHave you eaten? 03 Fill the pinyin for 吃了吗。吃 is first tone; 了 and 吗 are light.
Practicechī le ma 04 Can 你吃了吗 be a friendly greeting?Around meal times it can be a social check-in, not only a food survey.
PracticeYes.Scene
When to use it
A common friendly check-in, especially around meal times or with people you know.
Risk
safe
In formal business contexts, use a more direct greeting unless you know the relationship.
Literal
You eat already?
This is not always a literal invitation. Learners need the cultural check-in meaning so they do not overreact.
Mini dialogue
Hear the social move.
Play both lines, then say the second line without looking.
Contrast
Do not blur these together.
Recall prompts
Check whether it survived.
01 · What does 你吃了吗？ mean?
Answer: Have you eaten?
It literally asks if you ate, but it can also be a friendly check-in.
Practice this prompt02 · Fill the pinyin for 吃了吗。
Answer: chī le ma
吃 is first tone; 了 and 吗 are light.
Practice this prompt03 · Can 你吃了吗 be a friendly greeting?
Answer: Yes.
Around meal times it can be a social check-in, not only a food survey.
Practice this prompt