Pinyin: chīEnglish Definition: 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])
Chinese Definition:
①把东西送进口中咽下，或依靠某种事物生活：吃饭。吃药。吃斋。
②消灭(多用于军事、棋奕)：吃掉敌人一个连。
③吸：吃烟。
④感受：吃惊。吃紧。吃一堑，长(zhǎng)一智。
⑤挨：吃官司。
⑥承受，支持：吃不消。
⑦船身入水的深度：吃水深浅。
⑧被：吃那厮砍了一刀。
⑨说话结巴：口吃。
Total strokes: 6;
Radical: 口 Pictophonetic:
乞 indicates the sound;
口 (mouth) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:- ⿰ Left to right
- 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
- 乞 [ qǐ ] to beg; to request
