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吃

chī

Novice Level 1 ★ Core word
Verb

吃 (chī) is a Chinese word meaning “to eat; to consume”. It sits at TOCFL Level 1 (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

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

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Example

我不喜歡吃辣的。

I don't like eating spicy food.

Related words at this level

本不茶車子吃飯打大帶

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).