吃

chī

eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear

How to write 吃, stroke by stroke

to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc); variant of 吃

Pictophonetic: semantic 口 (mouth), phonetic 乞

Made of 口 + 乞

吃饭chī fànto have a meal; to eat; to make a living
好吃hǎo chītasty; delicious
好吃hào chīto be fond of eating; to be gluttonous
吃掉chī diàoto eat up; to consume
吃惊chī jīngto be startled; to be shocked; to be amazed
吃药chī yàoto take medicine
吃醋chī cùto feel jealous (esp. because of a rival in love or affection)
吃饱chī bǎoto eat one's fill
难吃nán chīunpalatable
偷吃tōu chīto eat on the sly; to pilfer food; to be unfaithful
吃不下chī bu xiànot feel like eating; be unable to eat any more
吃亏chī kuīto suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately

我不能吃饭了。
wǒ bù néng chī fàn le 。
I can't eat any more.
你流利的英语让我很吃惊。
nǐ liú lì de yīng yǔ ràng wǒ hěn chī jīng 。
I'm amazed at your fluency in English.
人不吃东西就会死。
rén bù chī dōng xī jiù huì sǐ 。
If you don't eat, you die.
请你随便吃点水果。
qǐng nǐ suí biàn chī diǎn shuǐ guǒ 。
Please help yourself to some fruit.
穿上你的鞋，我们出去吃晚饭。
chuān shàng nǐ de xié ， wǒ men chū qù chī wǎn fàn 。
Put on your shoes. Let's go out for dinner.