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吃: eat | stammer

By September 11, 2013October 6th, 2015Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

吃 chi1

verb
: to eat; consume; to eradicate/destroy

吃 ji1: stammer

Kun Reading

吃 | どもる domoru

Godan verb with u ending | intransitive verb
: to stammer/stutter

吃 | どもり domori

noun
: stammer; speech impediment

On Reading

きつ kitsu

 Usage:

 

吃驚[惊] chi1jing1: to be startled; shocked
[びっくり bikkuri (onomatopoeic/mimetic word) to be astonished
OR kikkyou / kikkyo きっきょう]
令人吃驚 lìng rén chī jīng: to be shocked
吃緊[紧] chi1jin3: in short supply; dire [きっきん kikkin: urgency]
吃飯[饭] chi1fan4: to eat 吃苦chi1ku3: to bear hardships
吃力 chi1li4: to toil @ a task; strenuous/laborious
吃虧[亏] chi1kui1: to suffer losses; come to grief
吃人 chi1ren2: exploitative; oppressive
吃軟[软]飯 chi1ruǎn fàn: to live off a woman
吃錯藥 chī cuò yào: (slang) confused; acting weird
吃閒飯 chī xián fàn: to live as a parasite; doing nothing to earn one’s keep
好吃 hao3chi1: tasty; delicious OR hao4chi1: to be gluttonous
小吃 xiao3chi1: snacks
亂[乱]吃 luan4chi1: to eat indiscriminately
偷吃 tou1chi1: to eat on the sly; to be unfaithful
貪[贪]吃 tan1chi1: gluttonous
口吃 kou3chi1: to stammer/stutter
可吃 ke3chi1: edible



Japanese common word | expression
吃りながら | どもりながら domorinagara: stuttering(ly)

吃驚仰天 | びっくりぎょうてん bikkuri gyouten: astonished; startled out of one’s wits



Chinese idiom
吃喝玩樂[乐] chi1he1 wan2le4
: to eat, drink & merry: abandon oneself to a life of pleasure

 Etymology:

 

形声 Pictophonetic
[口] (kou3: mouth) suggests the meaning
[] (qi3: beg) provides the sound

Historical Variant/Semantic
喫 chi1/ji1: eat; drink; suffer; endure
[KUN: すう suu (Godan verb | u-end): to smoke; inhale; suck; kiss
きっすkisuu: to eat; drink; smoke; suffer
のむ nomu (Godan verb | mu-end) to smoke (tobacco)]

 Examples:

 

吃了嗎?
(chi1 le ma)
Have you eaten?

吃不下了!
chī bu xià le
I can’t eat anymore! (even though I want to)

 

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary