chī

eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear

HSK 1 #475

DEFINITIONS

吃 chī
  • to eat
  • to consume
  • to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  • to eradicate
  • to destroy
  • to absorb
  • to suffer
  • to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])
  • variant of 吃[chi1]

STROKES

WORDS

饱了饭撑的 chī bǎo le fàn chēng de having nothing better to do; see 吃飽撐著|吃饱撑着
飽了飯撐的 chī bǎo le fàn chēng de having nothing better to do; see 吃飽撐著|吃饱撑着
饱撑着 chī bǎo chēng zhe having nothing better to do
飽撐著 chī bǎo chēng zhe having nothing better to do
馆子 chī guǎn zi to eat out; to eat at a restaurant
館子 chī guǎn zi to eat out; to eat at a restaurant
香喝辣 chī xiāng hē là lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom); fig. to live well
驚 chī jīng to be startled; to be shocked; to be amazed
鸭蛋 chī yā dàn (fig.) to score 0 (on a test, in competition etc)
鴨蛋 chī yā dàn (fig.) to score 0 (on a test, in competition etc)
斋 chī zhāi to abstain from eating meat; to be a vegetarian
齋 chī zhāi to abstain from eating meat; to be a vegetarian
族 hé chī zú lit. joint eaters; a restaurant social gathering, esp. organized online among strangers
tūn chī to devour
哑巴黄莲 yǎ ba chī huáng lián no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom); also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连; (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])
啞巴黃蓮 yǎ ba chī huáng lián no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom); also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连; (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])
哑巴黄连 yǎ ba chī huáng lián no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom); also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲; (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])
啞巴黃連 yǎ ba chī huáng lián no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom); also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲; (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])
哑巴黄连,有苦说不出 yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom); unable to speak of one's bitter suffering; sometimes written 啞子吃黃連,有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连,有苦说不出
啞巴黃連,有苦說不出 yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom); unable to speak of one's bitter suffering; sometimes written 啞子吃黃連,有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连,有苦说不出
回家自己 huí jiā chī zì jǐ (coll.) (Tw) to get sacked; to be fired
享福 zuò chī xiǎng fú vegetative existence; to consume passively without doing anything useful
多占 duō chī duō zhàn taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish
多佔 duō chī duō zhàn taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish
dà chī to gorge oneself; to pig out