Dictionary - results for 吃

Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	English
吃	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])
吃	喫	chī	- variant of 吃[chi1]
乱吃	亂吃	luànchī	- to eat indiscriminately
偷吃	偷吃	tōuchī	- to eat on the sly - to pilfer food - to be unfaithful
口吃	口吃	kǒuchī	- to stammer - to stutter - also pr. [kou3 ji2]
可吃	可吃	kěchī	- edible
吃人	吃人	chīrén	- exploitative - oppressive
吃刀	吃刀	chīdāo	- penetration of a cutting tool
吃力	吃力	chīlì	- to entail strenuous effort - to toil at a task - strenuous - laborious - strain
吃味	吃味	chīwèi	- to be jealous - to envy
吃喝	吃喝	chīhē	- to eat and drink - food and drink
吃坏	吃壞	chīhuài	- to get sick because of bad food
吃奶	吃奶	chīnǎi	- to suck the breast (for milk)
吃完	吃完	chīwán	- to finish eating
吃布	吃布	chībù	- to catch on cloth (e.g. of a zip fastener)
吃掉	吃掉	chīdiào	- to eat up - to consume
吃水	吃水	chīshuǐ	- drinking water - to obtain water (for daily needs) - to absorb water - draft (of ship)
吃油	吃油	chīyóu	- (of food) to absorb oil - (of a vehicle) to guzzle fuel
吃法	吃法	chīfǎ	- way of eating - how something is eaten - how a dish is prepared - the way a dish is to be cooked
吃相	吃相	chīxiàng	- table manners
吃穿	吃穿	chīchuān	- food and clothing
吃素	吃素	chīsù	- to be a vegetarian
吃紧	吃緊	chījǐn	- in short supply - dire - tense - critical - hard-pressed - important
吃苦	吃苦	chīkǔ	- to bear hardships
吃药	吃藥	chīyào	- to take medicine
吃亏	吃虧	chīkuī	- to suffer losses - to come to grief - to lose out - to get the worst of it - to be at a disadvantage - unfortunately
吃请	吃請	chīqǐng	- to be a guest at a dinner party - to be wined and dined (as a bribe)
吃货	吃貨	chīhuò	- chowhound - foodie - a good-for-nothing
吃醋	吃醋	chīcù	- to feel jealous
吃食	吃食	chīshí	- to eat (of bird or animal) - to feed
吃食	吃食	chīshi	- food - edibles
吃饭	吃飯	chīfàn	- to have a meal - to eat - to make a living
吃饱	吃飽	chībǎo	- to eat one's fill
吃香	吃香	chīxiāng	- very popular
吃惊	吃驚	chījīng	- to be startled - to be shocked - to be amazed
吃斋	吃齋	chīzhāi	- to abstain from eating meat - to be a vegetarian
吞吃	吞吃	tūnchī	- to devour
大吃	大吃	dàchī	- to gorge oneself - to pig out
好吃	好吃	hǎochī	- tasty - delicious
好吃	好吃	hàochī	- to be fond of eating - to be gluttonous
小吃	小吃	xiǎochī	- snack - refreshments - CL:家[jia1]
白吃	白吃	báichī	- to eat without paying - to eat for free
讨吃	討吃	tǎochī	- to beg for food
贪吃	貪吃	tānchī	- gluttonous - voracious
蹭吃	蹭吃	cèngchī	- to freeload for food
难吃	難吃	nánchī	- unpalatable
零吃	零吃	língchī	- (coll.) snack food
吃不上	吃不上	chībushàng	- unable to get anything to eat - to miss a meal
吃不下	吃不下	chībuxià	- not feel like eating - be unable to eat any more
吃不住	吃不住	chībuzhù	- to be unable to bear or support
吃不来	吃不來	chībulái	- not be fond of certain food
吃不服	吃不服	chībufú	- not be accustomed to eating sth - not be used to certain food
吃不消	吃不消	chībuxiāo	- to be unable to tolerate or endure - to find sth difficult to manage
吃不开	吃不開	chībukāi	- be unpopular - won't work
吃干饭	吃乾飯	chīgānfàn	- (coll.) to be incompetent - useless - good-for-nothing
吃到饱	吃到飽	chīdàobǎo	- all-you-can-eat (buffet) (Tw)
吃大户	吃大戶	chīdàhù	- mass seizure of food from landlords during famines before liberation
吃大亏	吃大虧	chīdàkuī	- to cost one dearly - to end disastrously - to pay bitterly
吃官司	吃官司	chīguānsī	- to face legal action - to get sued
吃得住	吃得住	chīdezhù	- to be able to bear - to be able to support
吃得消	吃得消	chīdexiāo	- to be able to endure (exertion, fatigue etc) - to be able to afford
吃得开	吃得開	chīdekāi	- to be popular - to be getting on well - much in demand
吃枪药	吃槍藥	chīqiāngyào	- (lit.) to have swallowed gunpowder - (fig.) to be ablaze with anger - ornery - snappy
吃牢饭	吃牢飯	chīláofàn	- to do prison time (Tw)
吃白食	吃白食	chībáishí	- to eat without paying - to freeload
吃皇粮	吃皇糧	chīhuángliáng	- lit. to eat from government coffers - to serve as a government employee - to live off government money
吃空额	吃空額	chīkòngè	- to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only
吃空饷	吃空餉	chīkòngxiǎng	- to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only
吃苦头	吃苦頭	chīkǔtou	- to suffer - to suffer for one's actions - to pay dearly - to burn one's fingers
吃螺丝	吃螺絲	chīluósī	- (of an actor, announcer etc) to stumble over words (Tw)
吃豆人	吃豆人	chīdòurén	- Pac-Man (computer game)
吃豆腐	吃豆腐	chīdòufu	- to eat tofu - to flirt - to tease
吃豆豆	吃豆豆	chīdòudòu	- see 吃豆人[chi1 dou4 ren2]
吃软饭	吃軟飯	chīruǎnfàn	- to live off a woman
吃错药	吃錯藥	chīcuòyào	- (lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine - (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual - abnormal
吃闲饭	吃閒飯	chīxiánfàn	- to live as a parasite - doing nothing to earn one's keep
吃馆子	吃館子	chīguǎnzi	- to eat out - to eat at a restaurant
合吃族	合吃族	héchīzú	- lit. joint eaters - a restaurant social gathering, esp. organized online among strangers
小吃店	小吃店	xiǎochīdiàn	- snack bar - lunch room - CL:家[jia1]
慢慢吃	慢慢吃	mànmànchī	- Enjoy your meal! - Bon appetit!
狗吃屎	狗吃屎	gǒuchīshǐ	- to fall flat on one's face (vulgar)
试吃品	試吃品	shìchīpǐn	- food sample
贪吃者	貪吃者	tānchīzhě	- glutton
贪吃鬼	貪吃鬼	tānchīguǐ	- glutton - chowhound
令人吃惊	令人吃驚	lìngrénchījīng	- to shock - to amaze
分灶吃饭	分竈吃飯	fēnzàochīfàn	- "meals prepared at separate stoves", slogan of the program of fiscal decentralization that began in the 1980s in the PRC
吃哑巴亏	吃啞巴虧	chīyǎbakuī	- to be forced to suffer in silence - unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
吃喝嫖赌	吃喝嫖賭	chīhēpiáodǔ	- to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling - to lead a life of dissipation
吃喝玩乐	吃喝玩樂	chīhēwánlè	- to eat, drink and be merry (idiom) - to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
吃奶之力	吃奶之力	chīnǎizhīlì	- all one's strength
吃后悔药	吃後悔藥	chīhòuhuǐyào	- (fig.) to regret (doing sth)
吃拿卡要	吃拿卡要	chīnáqiǎyào	- dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes - all kinds of abuse of power
吃苦耐劳	吃苦耐勞	chīkǔnàiláo	- hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
吃亏上当	吃虧上當	chīkuīshàngdàng	- to be taken advantage of
吃里爬外	吃裡爬外	chīlǐpáwài	- to work against the interests of sb one derives support from - to double-cross one's employer - to bite the hand that feeds you
吃闭门羹	吃閉門羹	chībìméngēng	- to be refused entrance (idiom) - to find the door closed
吃霸王餐	吃霸王餐	chībàwángcān	- to dine and dash - to leave without paying
吃饱撑着	吃飽撐著	chībǎochēngzhe	- having nothing better to do
吃香喝辣	吃香喝辣	chīxiānghēlà	- lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom) - fig. to live well
坐吃享福	坐吃享福	zuòchīxiǎngfú	- vegetative existence - to consume passively without doing anything useful
多吃多占	多吃多佔	duōchīduōzhàn	- taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish
大吃一惊	大吃一驚	dàchīyījīng	- to have a surprise (idiom); shocked or startled - gobsmacked
大吃二喝	大吃二喝	dàchīèrhē	- to eat and drink extravagantly - to binge
大吃大喝	大吃大喝	dàchīdàhē	- to eat and drink as much as one likes - to make a pig of oneself
大吃特吃	大吃特吃	dàchītèchī	- to gorge oneself with food
大吃苦头	大吃苦頭	dàchīkǔtou	- to suffer - to suffer for one's actions - to pay dearly - to burn one's fingers
好吃懒做	好吃懶做	hàochīlǎnzuò	- happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom) - all take and no give
寅吃卯粮	寅吃卯糧	yínchīmǎoliáng	- lit. eating away next year's food in advance - fig. to dip into the next month's check - live now, pay later
没吃没穿	沒吃沒穿	méichīméichuān	- to be without food or clothing (idiom) - to be very poor
争风吃醋	爭風吃醋	zhēngfēngchīcù	- to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman - to be jealous of a rival in a love affair
白吃白喝	白吃白喝	báichībáihē	- to freeload
省吃俭用	省吃儉用	shěngchījiǎnyòng	- to live frugally - to economize on food and clothing - to scrimp and save
看菜吃饭	看菜吃飯	kāncàichīfàn	- to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances - to live within one's means
礼教吃人	禮教吃人	lǐjiàochīrén	- sufferings brought about by Confucian ethics
胡吃海喝	胡吃海喝	húchīhǎihē	- to eat and drink gluttonously - to pig out
胡吃海塞	胡吃海塞	húchīhǎisāi	- to stuff oneself with food
自找苦吃	自找苦吃	zìzhǎokǔchī	- to bring trouble on oneself
自讨苦吃	自討苦吃	zìtǎokǔchī	- to ask for trouble (idiom) - to make a rod for one's own back
蹭吃蹭喝	蹭吃蹭喝	cèngchīcènghē	- to cadge a meal
软硬不吃	軟硬不吃	ruǎnyìngbùchī	- unmoved by force or persuasion
不是吃素的	不是吃素的	bùshìchīsùde	- not to be trifled with - to be reckoned with
吃了定心丸	吃了定心丸	chīledìngxīnwán	- to feel reassured
吃力不讨好	吃力不討好	chīlìbùtǎohǎo	- arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
吃喝拉撒睡	吃喝拉撒睡	chīhēlāsāshuì	- to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep - (fig.) the ordinary daily routine
吃奶的力气	吃奶的力氣	chīnǎidelìqi	- all one's strength
吃奶的气力	吃奶的氣力	chīnǎideqìlì	- utmost effort
吃粮不管事	吃糧不管事	chīliángbùguǎnshì	- to eat without working (idiom) - to take one's pay and not care about the rest
吃角子老虎	吃角子老虎	chījiǎozilǎohu	- slot machine
吃软不吃硬	吃軟不吃硬	chīruǎnbùchīyìng	- lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom) - amenable to coaxing but not coercion
哑巴吃黄莲	啞巴吃黃蓮	yǎbachīhuánglián	- no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom) - also written 啞巴吃黃連\|哑巴吃黄连 - (often precedes 有苦說不出\|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])
哑巴吃黄连	啞巴吃黃連	yǎbachīhuánglián	- no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom) - also written 啞巴吃黃蓮\|哑巴吃黄莲 - (often precedes 有苦說不出\|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])
回家吃自己	回家吃自己	huíjiāchīzìjǐ	- (coll.) (Tw) to get sacked - to be fired
老牛吃嫩草	老牛吃嫩草	lǎoniúchīnèncǎo	- lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) - fig. a May-December relationship - a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
一口吃个胖子	一口吃個胖子	yīkǒuchīgepàngzi	- lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) - fig. to try to achieve one's goal in the shortest time possible - to be impatient for success
吃不了兜着走	吃不了兜著走	chībuliǎodōuzhezǒu	- lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) - fig. you'll have to take the consequences
吃人不吐骨头	吃人不吐骨頭	chīrénbùtǔgǔtóu	- ruthless - vicious and greedy
吃熊心豹子胆	吃熊心豹子膽	chīxióngxīnbàozidǎn	- to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom) - to pluck up some courage
吃饱了饭撑的	吃飽了飯撐的	chībǎolefànchēngde	- having nothing better to do - see 吃飽撐著\|吃饱撑着
狗改不了吃屎	狗改不了吃屎	gǒugǎibùliǎochīshǐ	- lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom) - fig. bad habits are hard to change
眼睛吃冰淇淋	眼睛吃冰淇淋	yǎnjingchībīngqílín	- to be checking out the hotties (Taiwan slang)
一口吃不成胖子	一口吃不成胖子	yīkǒuchībùchéngpàngzi	- lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) - fig. learn to walk before you run
兔子不吃窝边草	兔子不吃窩邊草	tùzibùchīwōbiāncǎo	- A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
吃一堑，长一智	吃一塹，長一智	chīyīqiàn,zhǎngyīzhì	- Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.
吃水不忘挖井人	吃水不忘挖井人	chīshuǐbùwàngwājǐngrén	- see 吃水不忘掘井人[chi1 shui3 bu4 wang4 jue2 jing3 ren2]
吃水不忘掘井人	吃水不忘掘井人	chīshuǐbùwàngjuéjǐngrén	- Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)
好奇会吃苦头的	好奇會吃苦頭的	hàoqíhuìchīkǔtoude	- Curiosity killed the cat.
好汉不吃眼前亏	好漢不吃眼前虧	hǎohànbùchīyǎnqiánkuī	- a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
好马不吃回头草	好馬不吃回頭草	hǎomǎbùchīhuítóucǎo	- lit. a good horse doesn't come back to the same pasture (idiom) - fig. one should not go back to one's past experiences (of love, job etc)
敬酒不吃吃罚酒	敬酒不吃吃罰酒	jìngjiǔbùchīchīfájiǔ	- to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit - fig. to hesitate to do sth until forced to do even more
货问三家不吃亏	貨問三家不吃虧	huòwènsānjiābùchīkuī	- see 貨比三家不吃虧\|货比三家不吃亏[huo4 bi3 san1 jia1 bu4 chi1 kui1]
货比三家不吃亏	貨比三家不吃虧	huòbǐsānjiābùchīkuī	- shop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom)
小洞不补大洞吃苦	小洞不補大洞吃苦	xiǎodòngbùbǔdàdòngchīkǔ	- A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine
心急吃不了热豆腐	心急吃不了熱豆腐	xīnjíchībuliǎorèdòufu	- hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) - one just has to be patient - haste will ruin everything
不干不净，吃了没病	不乾不淨，吃了沒病	bùgānbùjìng,chīleméibìng	- a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb) - a couple of germs won't do you any harm
吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸	吃不到葡萄說葡萄酸	chībùdàopútaoshuōpútaosuān	- sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) - lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them
吃着碗里，看着锅里	吃著碗裡，看著鍋裡	chīzhewǎnlǐ,kànzheguōlǐ	- lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom) - not content with what one already has - (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
吃着碗里，瞧着锅里	吃著碗裡，瞧著鍋裡	chīzhewǎnlǐ,qiáozheguōlǐ	- see 吃著碗裡，看著鍋裡\|吃着碗里，看着锅里[chi1 zhe5 wan3 li3 , kan4 zhe5 guo1 li3]
小洞不堵，大洞吃苦	小洞不堵，大洞吃苦	xiǎodòngbùdǔ,dàdòngchīkǔ	- A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
看菜吃饭，量体裁衣	看菜吃飯，量體裁衣	kāncàichīfàn,liángtǐcáiyī	- eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure - to act according to actual circumstances - to live within one's means
靠山吃山，靠水吃水	靠山吃山，靠水吃水	kàoshānchīshān,kàoshuǐchīshuǐ	- lit. the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea (idiom) - fig. to make the best use of local resources - to exploit one's position to advance oneself - to find one's niche - to live off the land
吃得苦中苦，方为人上人	吃得苦中苦，方為人上人	chīdékǔzhōngkǔ,fāngwéirénshàngrén	- one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb) - no pain, no gain
哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出	啞巴吃黃連，有苦說不出	yǎbachīhuánglián,yǒukǔshuōbuchū	- to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom) - unable to speak of one's bitter suffering - sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出\|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出
又要马儿好，又要马儿不吃草	又要馬兒好，又要馬兒不吃草	yòuyàomǎrhǎo,yòuyàomǎrbùchīcǎo	- see 又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草\|又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草[you4 yao4 ma3 r5 pao3 , you4 yao4 ma3 r5 bu4 chi1 cao3]
又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草	又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草	yòuyàomǎrpǎo,yòuyàomǎrbùchīcǎo	- lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom) - fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短	吃人家的嘴軟，拿人家的手短	chīrénjiādezuǐruǎn,nárénjiādeshǒuduǎn	- lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom) - fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted