129 results for 吃*

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

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吃饭chī fàn

to have a meal; to eat; to make a living

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吃掉chī diào

to eat up; to consume

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吃惊chī jīng

to be startled; to be shocked; to be amazed

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吃药chī yào

to take medicine

吃醋chī cù

to feel jealous (esp. because of a rival in love or affection)

吃饱chī bǎo

to eat one's fill

吃不下chī bu xià

not feel like eating; be unable to eat any more

吃亏chī kuī

to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately

吃素chī sù

to be a vegetarian

吃喝chī hē

to eat and drink; food and drink

吃力chī lì

to entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task; strenuous; laborious; strain

吃不消chī bu xiāo

to be unable to tolerate or endure; to find sth difficult to manage

吃奶chī nǎi

to suck the breast (for milk)

吃苦chī kǔ

to bear hardships

吃不了兜着走chī bu liǎo dōu zhe zǒu

lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom); fig. you'll have to take the consequences

吃错药chī cuò yào

(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine; (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual; abnormal

吃香chī xiāng

popular; in demand; well regarded

吃货chī huò

chowhound; foodie; a good-for-nothing

吃鸡chī jī

(video games) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG); battle royale game; last-man-standing game; to play PUBG (or similar game); to win at PUBG (or similar game)

吃人chī rén

exploitative; oppressive

吃伤chī shāng

to become sick of a food after eating it too much

吃住chī zhù

food and lodging; to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there)

吃刀chī dāo

penetration of a cutting tool

吃吃chī chī

(onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc); sound of stammering

吃味chī wèi

to be jealous

吃土chī tǔ

(neologism c. 2015) (slang) (used jokingly) to live on dirt (typically because one has spent all one's money on consumer items)

吃坏chī huài

to upset (one's stomach) by eating bad food or overeating

吃完chī wán

to finish eating

吃布chī bù

to catch on cloth (e.g. of a zip fastener)

吃席chī xí

to attend a banquet (funeral, wedding etc); (neologism c. 2020) (slang) (jocular) lit. to attend sb's funeral banquet (used to imply that things are going to go badly for sb)

吃播chī bō

mukbang, genre of online broadcast consisting of the host eating food while interacting with their audience

吃斋chī zhāi

to abstain from eating meat; to be a vegetarian

吃案chī àn

(Tw) (of the police) to bury a crime (i.e. conceal the existence of a criminal case in order to improve crime-solving statistics or in return for a bribe etc)

吃水chī shuǐ

drinking water; to obtain water (for daily needs); to absorb water; draft (of ship)

吃油chī yóu

(of food) to absorb oil; (of a vehicle) to guzzle fuel

吃法chī fǎ

way of eating; how something is eaten; how a dish is prepared; the way a dish is to be cooked

吃灰chī huī

(neologism c. 2019) (coll.) to gather dust

吃烟chī yān

(dialect) to smoke (tobacco)

吃瓜chī guā

(neologism c. 2016) (slang) to watch an entertaining spectacle from the sidelines and-or engage in gossip about it

吃瘪chī biě

(coll.) to suffer a humiliation

吃的chī de

(coll.) food

吃相chī xiàng

table manners

吃穿chī chuān

food and clothing

吃紧chī jǐn

in short supply; dire; tense; critical; hard-pressed; important

吃腻chī nì

to be sick of eating (sth); to be tired of eating (sth)

吃草chī cǎo

to graze; to eat grass

吃藕chī ǒu

(slang) unattractive; ugly (derived from near homophone 醜|丑[chou3])

吃请chī qǐng

to be a guest at a dinner party; to be wined and dined (as a bribe)

吃重chī zhòng

(of a role) arduous; important; (a vehicle's) loading capacity