吃

chī

Meaning

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])

Pinyin: chī

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吃 chīto eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear Primary radical口 · mouth

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