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how to write chi(eat) in chinese

pinyinchī
radicalsStroke count6
eanglish meaningeat; take; make; have one\'s meals; by

  Stroke order of the Chinese character "吃" (chi)

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Basic explanations

v. (吃东西) eat; take; make:

1.  匆匆顿午饭
make a hasty lunch;

2.  
drink wine;

3.  苹果
eat an apple;

4.  
have some sweets;

5.  喜酒
go to wedding feast; attend the wedding banquet;

6.  
take medicine

v. (在某一出售食物的地方吃) have one's meals; eat:

1.  食堂
have one's meals in the mess

v. (依靠某种事物来生活) live on [off]:

1.  利钱
live on interest;

2.  靠山山,靠水水。
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.

v. (多用于军事、棋戏: 消灭) annihilate;wipe out:

1.  掉敌人一个团
annihilate an enemy regiment;

2.  一个子儿
take a piece (in chess)

v. (耗费) exhaust; be a strain:

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

v. (吸收液体) absorb; soak up:

1.  这块地不水。
This plot does not take in water.

2.  这种纸不墨。
This kind of paper does not absorb ink.

v. (受; 挨) suffer; incur:

1.  批评
be criticized;

2.  败仗
suffer one defeat after another;

3.  腿上了一枪
get shot in the leg;

4.  了他一拳。
He gave (me) a blow.

prep. (多见于早期白话: 被) by:

1.  那厮骗了
was swindled by that fellow