HSK 1 · Meals

吃

chī

to eat

Stroke order of 吃

吃 is written with 6 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A mouth '口' begging '乞' for food — time to eat!

Parts: 口 mouth + 乞 beg (phonetic)

Example sentence

我们吃米饭吧。

Let's eat rice.

Words with 吃

吃饭to eat; to have a meal 好吃tasty; delicious

More words: Meals

喝to drink 吃饭to eat; to have a meal 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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