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HSK 1 · Meals

吃饭

chī fàn

to eat; to have a meal

Stroke order of 吃饭

2 characters, 13 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

吃 · 6 strokes饭 · 7 strokes

Memory trick

A 口 mouth plus 饣 food, with 反 flipping rice: eating a meal.

Parts: 吃 eat (口 mouth + 乞) + 饭 meal (饣 food + 反)

The characters in 吃饭

  • 吃 chī — to eat (6 strokes)
  • 饭 fàn — meal; cooked rice (7 strokes)

Example sentence

你吃饭了吗？

Have you eaten?

Words with 吃

吃to eat好吃tasty; delicious

Words with 饭

饭meal; cooked rice米饭cooked rice早饭breakfast午饭lunch晚饭dinner饭店restaurant; hotel饭馆restaurant做饭to cook

More words: Meals

吃to eat喝to drink早饭breakfast午饭lunch晚饭dinner饭店restaurant; hotel好吃tasty; delicious饿hungry渴thirsty杯cup (measure word)杯子cup; glass

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