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Did you mean: to eat ?
| 吃 | chī | to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2]) |
| 用 | yòng | to use / to employ / to have to / to eat or drink / expense or outlay / usefulness / hence / therefore |
| 饱 | bǎo | to eat till full / satisfied |
| 香 | xiāng | fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:根[gen1] |
| 食 | shí | to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse |
| 餐 | cān | meal / to eat / classifier for meals |
| 吃饭 | chī fàn | to have a meal / to eat / to make a living |
| 茹 | rú | to eat / (extended meaning) to endure / putrid smell / vegetables / roots (inextricably attached to the plant) |
| 蚀 | shí | to nibble away at sth / to eat into / to erode |
| 吃掉 | chī diào | to eat up / to consume |
| 用餐 | yòng cān | to eat a meal |
| 打底 | dǎ dǐ | to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat |
| 吃饱 | chī bǎo | to eat one's fill |
| 吃喝 | chī hē | to eat and drink / food and drink |
| 狗粮 | gǒu liáng | dog food / (Internet slang) public display of affection (term used by singles 單身狗|单身狗[dan1 shen1 gou3] forced to "eat" it) |
| 进食 | jìn shí | to take a meal / to eat |
| 偷吃 | tōu chī | to eat on the sly / to pilfer food / to be unfaithful |
| 吃喝玩乐 | chī hē wán lè | to eat, drink and be merry (idiom) / to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure |
| 食人 | shí rén | man-eating (beast) / to eat people / fig. to oppress the people |
| 张口 | zhāng kǒu | to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc) / to gape / to start talking (esp. to make a request) |
| 食补 | shí bǔ | tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods |
| 细嚼慢咽 | xì jiáo màn yàn | to eat slowly (idiom) |
| 馕 | nǎng | to stuff one's face / to eat greedily |
| 哺 | bū | to eat / evening meal |
| 暴饮暴食 | bào yǐn bào shí | to eat and drink unreasonably |
| 食道 | shí dào | esophagus / the proper way to eat / food transportation route |
| 吃食 | chī shí | to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed |
| 侑 | yòu | (literary) to urge sb (to eat or drink) |
| 吃豆腐 | chī dòu fu | to eat tofu / (fig.) to flirt / to tease |
| 食言 | shí yán | lit. to eat one's words / to break a promise / to go back on one's word / to renege / unsworn testimony |
| 啖 | dàn | to eat / to taste / to entice (using bait) |
| 白吃 | bái chī | to eat without paying / to eat for free |
| 自食其力 | zì shí qí lì | lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom) / fig. to stand on one's own feet / to earn one's own living |
| 暴食 | bào shí | to eat too much / to binge |
| 吃不上 | chī bu shàng | unable to get anything to eat / to miss a meal |
| 大吃大喝 | dà chī dà hē | to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself |
| 乱吃 | luàn chī | to eat indiscriminately |
| 饱餐 | bǎo cān | to eat and eat / to stuff oneself |
| 果腹 | guǒ fù | to eat one's fill |
| 大快朵颐 | dà kuài duǒ yí | to gorge oneself / to eat heartily (idiom) |
| 下馆子 | xià guǎn zi | to eat out / to eat at a restaurant |
| 自食恶果 | zì shí è guǒ | lit. to eat one's own bitter fruit (idiom) / fig. to suffer the consequences of one's own actions / to stew in one's own juice |
| 自食其果 | zì shí qí guǒ | to eat one's own fruit (idiom); fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action / to reap what one has sown |
| 嘬 | chuài | (literary) to gnaw / to eat ravenously |
| 餍 | yàn | to eat to the full |
| 饣 | shí | "to eat" or "food" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 184) |
| 大饱口福 | dà bǎo kǒu fú | to eat one's fill / to have a good meal |
| 打边炉 | dǎ biān lú | (Cantonese) to eat hot pot / hot pot |
| 饱餐一顿 | bǎo cān yī dùn | to eat one's fill / to be full |
| 心急吃不了热豆腐 | xīn jí chī bu liǎo rè dòu fu | hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) / one just has to be patient / haste will ruin everything |
| 用饭 | yòng fàn | to eat / to have a meal |
| 吃香喝辣 | chī xiāng hē là | lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom) / fig. to live well |
| 尽饱 | jìn bǎo | to be stuffed to the gills / to eat to satiety |
| 癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉 | lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu | lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom) / fig. to try to punch above one's weight |
| 胡吃海喝 | hú chī hǎi hē | to eat and drink gluttonously / to pig out |
| 吃喝拉撒睡 | chī hē lā sā shuì | to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep / (fig.) the ordinary daily routine |
| 吃大锅饭 | chī dà guō fàn | lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom) / fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance |
| 开荤 | kāi hūn | to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet / (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience |
| 吃白饭 | chī bái fàn | to eat plain rice / (fig.) to eat and not pay for it / to sponge off others / to freeload |
| 熟菜 | shú cài | cooked food (ready to eat) |
| 吃白食 | chī bái shí | to eat without paying / to freeload |
| 分餐 | fēn cān | separate meals / to eat individual meals (rather than taking one's food from plates served to everyone at the table) |
| 上馆子 | shàng guǎn zi | to eat out / to eat at a restaurant |
| 何不食肉糜 | hé bù shí ròu mí | lit. "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝|晋惠帝[Jin4 Hui4 di4] when told that his people didn't have enough rice to eat) / fig. (of people from higher class etc) to be oblivious to other people's plight |
| 看菜吃饭 | kān cài chī fàn | to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances / to live within one's means |
| 吃皇粮 | chī huáng liáng | lit. to eat from government coffers / to serve as a government employee / to live off government money |
| 饱食终日，无所用心 | bǎo shí zhōng rì , wú suǒ yòng xīn | to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom) / to be sated with food and remain idle |
| 食不厌精，脍不厌细 | shí bù yàn jīng , kuài bù yàn xì | lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects) / fig. to be fastidious about one's food |
| 茹素 | rú sù | to eat a vegetarian diet |
| 率兽食人 | shuài shòu shí rén | lit. to lead beasts to eat the people (idiom); fig. tyrannical government oppresses the people |
| 吃馆子 | chī guǎn zi | to eat out / to eat at a restaurant |
| 噇 | chuáng | to eat (archaic) |
| 饇 | yù | to eat too much / to confer |
| 茹荤 | rú hūn | to eat meat |
| 食不知味 | shí bù zhī wèi | lit. to eat without tasting the food / worried or downhearted (idiom) |
| 扒搂 | bā lōu | to pile together / to cram food into one's mouth (with chopsticks) / to eat fast |
| 吃熊心豹子胆 | chī xióng xīn bào zi dǎn | to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom) / to pluck up some courage |
| 忍辱含垢 | rěn rǔ hán gòu | to eat humble pie / to accept humiliation / to turn the other cheek |
| 吃粮不管事 | chī liáng bù guǎn shì | to eat without working (idiom) / to take one's pay and not care about the rest |
| 食肉寝皮 | shí ròu qǐn pí | to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb / implacable hatred / to have sb's guts for garters |
| 下箸 | xià zhù | (literary) to eat |
| 大吃二喝 | dà chī èr hē | to eat and drink extravagantly / to binge |
| 羹藜含糗 | gēng lí hán qiǔ | nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre |
| 食荼卧棘 | shí tú wò jí | to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people |
| 茹荤饮酒 | rú hūn yǐn jiǔ | to eat meat and drink wine |
| 吃不服 | chī bu fú | not be accustomed to eating sth / not be used to certain food |
| 内用 | nèi yòng | to eat in (at a restaurant) (Tw) / to take the medicine orally |
| 含忍耻辱 | hán rěn chǐ rǔ | to eat humble pie / to accept humiliation / to turn the other cheek |
| 吃不下 | chī bu xià | not feel like eating / be unable to eat any more |
| 集餐 | jí cān | to eat from a common pot / communal cafeteria |
| 羹藜唅糗 | gēng lí hān qiǔ | nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre |
| 𠯪 | dǎi | (dialect) to eat |
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