吃 (hek3 | chi1) : eat

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吃

hek3

chi1

[1] eat; take (food); drink
[2] absorb; soak/sponge up
[3] sustain; suffer; endure
[4] wipe out; annihilate; destroy

In colloquial Cantonese, 食 and 喫 are often used for "eat".

Stroke count: 6

Level: 1

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

吃

This word has been viewed 12629 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th Jul 2013 05:55

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吃東西 hek3 dung1 sai1 chi1 dong1 xi5 = to eat 國

好吃 hou2 hek3 hao3 chi1 = delicious; tasty 國

吃光 hek3 gwong1 = to finish eating 國

難吃 naan4 hek3 = to taste bad; hard to eat 國

吃藥 hek3 joek6 chi1 yao4 = to take medication 國

吃飯 hek3 faan6 chi1 fan4 = to eat a meal 國

吃不消 hek3 bat1 siu1 chi1 bu5 xiao1 (PRC), chi1 bu4 xiao1 (Taiwan) = cannot stand it 國

吃醋 hek3 cou3 chi1 cu4 = jealous 國

吃素 hek3 sou3 chi1 su4 = to be a vegetarian 國

吃驚 hek3 ging1 chi1 jing1 = to be shocked; to be startled; to be amazed 國
See all 69 compounds (CantoDict reports 68 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing all 7 examples containing 吃

你想吃麵還是吃飯？國
Do you want to eat noodles or rice?

我父母早餐常吃烤麵包。國
My parents eat toast for breakfast.

我甚麼都喜歡吃國
I like to eat everything.
[literally: "I like to eat whatever"]

我什麼都喜歡吃國
I like to eat everything.
[literally: "I like to eat whatever"]

你每次都吃太多！國
You always eat too much food!

我們家裡有太多好吃的東西了國
We have so much nice food in the house.

這兒敗家子只會跟一班豬朋狗友吃喝嫖賭！國
The only thing this good-for-nothing son does is to go around with some bad company and engage in all kinds of vice activities.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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