吃

chī

eat; take; consume; feed, have one's meals; eat somewhere, live on (or off), annihilate; wipe out, exhaust; be a strain on, absorb; soak up, suffer; bear; incur

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eat; take

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eat; have one's meals; take

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chī

n. eating

chī

v. eat, receive, fare, stammer

chī

v. live on, live off, exhaust, be a strain on something, absorb, eat, soak up, suffer, bear, incur, take

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1)

chi1

to eat, to consume, to eat at (a cafeteria etc), to eradicate, to destroy, to absorb, to suffer

2)

ji2

stammer

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吃(喫)

chī

动

（吃东西） eat; take; make:

匆匆吃顿午饭 make a hasty lunch;

吃酒 drink wine;

吃苹果 eat an apple;

吃糖 have some sweets;

吃喜酒 go to wedding feast; attend the wedding banquet;

吃药 take medicine

（在某一出售食物的地方吃） have one's meals; eat:

吃食堂 have one's meals in the mess

（依靠某种事物来生活） live on (off):

吃利钱 live on interest;

靠山吃山，靠水吃水。 Mountaineers rely on the mountains, just like those by the waterside profit from water.; If you live on a mountain, you live off the mountain; if you live by the water, you live off the water.

（多用于军事、棋戏: 消灭） annihilate;wipe out:

吃掉敌人一个团 annihilate an enemy regiment;

吃一个子儿 take a piece (in chess)

（耗费） exhaust; be a strain:

感到吃力 feel the strain (of work, etc.); find a job difficult

（吸收液体） absorb; soak up:

这块地不吃水。 This plot does not take in water.

这种纸不吃墨。 This kind of paper does not absorb ink.

（受; 挨） suffer; incur:

吃批评 be criticized;

连吃败仗 suffer one defeat after another;

腿上吃了一枪 get shot in the leg;

吃了他一拳。 He gave (me) a blow.

介

（多见于早期白话: 被） by:

吃那厮骗了 was swindled by that fellow

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Ⅰ. 吃|吃 [chī] ► to eat ► to consume ► to eat at (a cafeteria etc) ► to eradicate ► to destroy ► to absorb ► to suffer

Ⅱ. 吃|吃 [jí] ► stammer

-B

喫|吃 [chī] ► variant of ↑吃 [chī]