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吃

chī · chi

Traditional 喫

HSK 1

Meaning

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chī 吃

  1. to eat; to consume
  2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  3. to eradicate; to destroy
  4. to absorb
  5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)

chī 喫

  1. variant of 吃 (chī)
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Too spicy

  1. Leon

    这个(zhège)看起来(kànqǐlai)很(hěn)辣(là)，我(wǒ)不(bù)吃(chī)。

    This looks very spicy. I won't eat it.

  2. Dengdeng

    吃(chī)一点(yīdiǎn)，不(bù)辣(là)的(de)！

    Have a little. It's not spicy!

  3. Leon

    那(nà)你(nǐ)先(xiān)吃(chī)。

    Then you eat first.

  4. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)先(xiān)吃(chī)……啊(a)！好(hǎo)辣(là)！

    OK, I'll eat first... Ah! So spicy!

  5. Leon

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，你(nǐ)自己(zìjǐ)也(yě)吃(chī)不(bù)了(liǎo)。

    See? Even you can't eat it.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

今(jīn)天(tiān)想(xiǎng)吃(chī)清(qīng)淡(dàn)的(de)食(shí)物(wù)呢(ne)。

Today I want to eat something light.

Tatoeba: Chinese by rickjiang · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

睡(shuì)觉(jiào)前(qián)我(wǒ)吃(chī)了(le)三(sān)片(piàn)药(yào)来(lái)治(zhì)疗(liáo)感(gǎn)冒(mào)。

Before going to bed, I took three pills to stop a cold.

Tatoeba: Chinese by wzhd · English by monahxo · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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