| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 吃 | 喫 | chī | chi1 | 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]); variant of 吃 | ||
| 2 | 吃饭 | 吃飯 | chī fàn | chi1 fan4 | to have a meal; to eat; to make a living | ||
| 3 | 吃惊 | 吃驚 | chī jīng | chi1 jing1 | to be startled; to be shocked; to be amazed | ||
| 4 | 吃完 | 吃完 | chī wán | chi1 wan2 | to finish eating | ||
| 5 | 吃力 | 吃力 | chī lì | chi1 li4 | to entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task; strenuous; laborious; strain | ||
| 6 | 吃饱 | 吃飽 | chī bǎo | chi1 bao3 | to eat one's fill | ||
| 7 | 吃掉 | 吃掉 | chī diào | chi1 diao4 | to eat up; to consume | ||
| 8 | 吃亏 | 吃虧 | chī kuī | chi1 kui1 | to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately | ||
| 9 | 吃苦 | 吃苦 | chī kǔ | chi1 ku3 | to bear hardships | ||
| 10 | 吃喝 | 吃喝 | chī hē | chi1 he1 | to eat and drink; food and drink | ||
| 11 | 吃大锅饭 | 吃大鍋飯 | chī dà guō fàn | chi1 da4 guo1 fan4 | lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom); fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance | ||
| 12 | 吃人血馒头 | 吃人血饅頭 | chī rén xuè mán tou | chi1 ren2 xue4 man2 tou5 | to take advantage of others' misfortune (idiom) | ||
| 13 | 吃播 | 吃播 | chī bō | chi1 bo1 | mukbang, genre of online broadcast consisting of the host eating food while interacting with their audience | ||
| 14 | 吃土 | 吃土 | chī tǔ | chi1 tu3 | (neologism c. 2015) (slang) (used jokingly) to live on dirt (typically because one has spent all one's money on consumer items) | ||
| 15 | 吃鸡 | 吃雞 | chī jī | chi1 ji1 | (video games) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG); battle royale game; last-man-standing game; to play PUBG (or similar game); to win at PUBG (or similar game) | ||
| 16 | 吃吃 | 吃吃 | chī chī | chi1 chi1 | (onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc); sound of stammering | ||
| 17 | 吃屎都赶不上热乎的 | 吃屎都趕不上熱乎的 | chī shǐ dōu gǎn bu shàng rè hu de | chi1 shi3 dou1 gan3 bu5 shang4 re4 hu5 de5 | lit. if you were eating warm shit, it'd be stone cold by the time you finished it (idiom); fig. (of a person) too slow; can't keep up | ||
| 18 | 吃不消 | 吃不消 | chī bu xiāo | chi1 bu5 xiao1 | to be unable to tolerate or endure; to find sth difficult to manage | ||
| 19 | 吃不住 | 吃不住 | chī bu zhù | chi1 bu5 zhu4 | to be unable to bear or support | ||
| 20 | 吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸 | 吃不到葡萄說葡萄酸 | chī bù dào pú tao shuō pú tao suān | chi1 bu4 dao4 pu2 tao5 shuo1 pu2 tao5 suan1 | sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop); lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them | ||
| 21 | 吃不来 | 吃不來 | chī bu lái | chi1 bu5 lai2 | to be unaccustomed to certain food; to not be keen on certain food | ||
| 22 | 吃布 | 吃布 | chī bù | chi1 bu4 | to catch on cloth (e.g. of a zip fastener) | ||
| 23 | 吃闭门羹 | 吃閉門羹 | chī bì mén gēng | chi1 bi4 men2 geng1 | to be refused entrance (idiom); to find the door closed | ||
| 24 | 吃住 | 吃住 | chī zhù | chi1 zhu4 | food and lodging; to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there) | ||
| 25 | 吃白饭 | 吃白飯 | chī bái fàn | chi1 bai2 fan4 | to eat plain rice; (fig.) to eat and not pay for it; to sponge off others; to freeload |
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