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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 吃
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 吃 | chī | - to eat; to consume - to eat at (a cafeteria etc) - to eradicate; to destroy - to absorb - to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) |
| 吃 | chī | - variant of 吃[chi1] |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 153 | 132 | 45 |
Other Words Containing 吃
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 吃 | 1 | 1 | 153 | 132 | 45 |
| 吃饭 | - | 1 | 1,336 | 1,497 | 525 |
| 吃惊 | 4 | 4 | 2,048 | 6,994 | 12,177 |
| 好吃 | 2 | 1 | 2,075 | 2,893 | 822 |
| 大吃一惊 | - | 7 | 6,056 | 13,832 | 28,688 |
| 吃醋 | - | - | 6,957 | 12,994 | 5,123 |
| 小吃 | 5 | 4 | 11,724 | 8,798 | 4,563 |
| 吃素 | - | - | 16,325 | 23,462 | 10,160 |
| 难吃 | - | - | 17,184 | - | - |
| 吃力 | 6 | 5 | 18,667 | 14,994 | 13,531 |
| 吃亏 | 5 | 9 | 18,668 | 10,002 | 6,558 |
| 吃不消 | - | - | 20,210 | 21,194 | 11,799 |
| 吃药 | - | - | 20,860 | 10,985 | 5,056 |
| 贪吃 | - | - | 21,729 | 32,307 | 15,482 |
| 自讨苦吃 | - | - | 22,204 | 58,763 | 37,950 |
| 白吃 | - | - | 23,183 | 37,006 | 18,914 |
| 口吃 | - | 9 | 25,755 | 30,156 | 16,967 |
| 吃香 | - | - | 28,258 | 27,841 | 16,458 |
| 吃喝 | - | - | 29,595 | 14,756 | 9,959 |
| 小吃店 | - | - | 30,019 | 36,537 | 27,368 |
| 大吃大喝 | - | - | 31,168 | 32,373 | 20,909 |
| 吃苦 | 6 | 9 | 31,509 | 14,731 | 10,328 |
| 吃苦头 | - | - | 31,578 | 70,555 | 68,941 |
| 吃法 | - | - | 31,879 | - | - |
| 吃得消 | - | - | 34,422 | 62,688 | 37,023 |
| 吃喝玩乐 | - | 9 | 35,837 | 24,047 | 11,925 |
| 吃得开 | - | - | 36,550 | 59,012 | 31,869 |
| 省吃俭用 | - | - | 37,203 | 34,687 | 28,638 |
| 吃紧 | - | - | 37,281 | 27,298 | 33,173 |
| 吃官司 | - | - | 40,120 | 88,961 | 70,258 |
| 吃水 | - | - | 46,337 | 28,019 | 24,862 |
| 吃苦耐劳 | - | - | 49,848 | 29,970 | 30,306 |
| 狗吃屎 | - | - | 51,942 | 86,978 | 46,499 |
| 吃不开 | - | - | 55,044 | - | 80,093 |
| 吃闲饭 | - | - | 58,190 | 97,171 | 75,094 |
| 吃回扣 | - | - | 64,854 | 72,440 | 65,669 |
| 吃闭门羹 | - | - | 65,422 | 103,736 | 77,587 |
| 吃哑巴亏 | - | - | 87,311 | 98,949 | 81,803 |
| 坐吃山空 | - | - | 98,815 | 79,765 | 69,990 |