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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- chi1
- English meanings
- feed, have, be subject to, absorb, chow, live on, eat, have one's meals, be a strain, exhaust, fare, take in, live off, annihilate, wipe out, partake, suffer, ingest, consume, graze, lunch, manducate, incur, take, get, use up, make, taste, soak up
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 口; right 乞.
Meaning & sound clues
口 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “mouth”.
乞 is identified as the sound component (qǐ). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 吃.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
extravagant
spoon
measure word (units)
relax; slacken
hold
scold; repel
pool
foolish; infatuated
foolish; infatuated
wing; fin
shame; disgrace
red; bare; loyal
late
gallop; speed
tooth
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 口吃
- 吃不上
- 吃亏
- 吃力
- 吃喝玩乐
- 吃惊
- 吃苦
- 吃饭
- 大吃一惊
- 好吃
- 小吃