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吃 [chī]
Verb
1. To send something into the mouth and swallow it, or to rely on something for living: 吃饭 (eat rice), 吃药 (take medicine), 吃斋 (eat a vegetarian diet).
2. To annihilate or eliminate (mostly used in military contexts or games): 吃掉敌人一个连 (destroy an enemy company).
3. To inhale or suck: 吃烟 (smoke).
4. To feel or experience: 吃惊 (be surprised), 吃紧 (feel tense), 吃一堑,长一智 (learn from mistakes).
5. To suffer or encounter: 吃官司 (face a lawsuit).
6. To bear or support: 吃不消 (cannot bear).
7. The depth of a boat submerged in water: 吃水深浅 (depth of the boat in water).
8. Indicates passive voice, similar to "被": 吃那厮砍了一刀 (was cut by that guy).
9. To stutter: 口吃 (speech impediment).
吃 [chī]
1. To eat. Contrast with 喝 (drink).
2. To drink.
3. To absorb.
4. To suffer, bear, or incur.
5. Indicates passive voice, similar to "被".
6. To eat at a place where food is sold (e.g., restaurants).
7. To live on or rely on something to survive.
8. To use or incur expense.
9. To eliminate or destroy a significant part.
10. To fall.
11. To bully.
12. To soak.
吃 [chī]
Preposition
Indicates passive voice; by, due to, because of.
吃 [chī]
Verb
Original meaning: to stutter.
The character is formed phonetically with the mouth (口) and a sound character (乞).
引:
1. 《说文》: 吃, 言蹇难也 (To stutter is to speak with difficulty).
2. 《汉书·周昌传》: 昌为人吃 (Chang was a person who stuttered).
例:
如: 吃子 (a person who stutters); 吃吃 (to stutter or have trouble expressing words).
形:
1. Describes the appearance of stuttering or difficulty in speech, such as "口吃".
状:
1. Describes laughter. 汉·伶玄《赵飞燕外传》: 帝昏夜拥昭仪居七成帐, 笑吃吃不止 (At night, the emperor held the concubine in the tent, laughing incessantly).
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