| chī | to eat/to have one's meal/to eradicate/to destroy/to absorb/to suffer/to exhaust |
| jí | stammer |
| 吃 | to eat to have one's meal to eradicate |
| 吃一堑，长一智 | Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom). One only learns from one's mistakes. |
| 吃不上 | unable to get anything to eat to miss a meal |
| 吃不下 | not feel like eating be unable to eat any more |
| 吃不了 | be unable to finish |
| 吃不住 | be unable to bear or support |
| 吃不准 | be sure of |
| 吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸 | sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them |
| 吃不动 | More than one can eat |
| 吃不开 | be unpopular won't work |
| 吃不得 | be unable to eat; be unable to bear |
| 吃不服 | not be accustomed to eating sth not be used to certain food |
| 吃不来 | not be fond of certain food |
| 吃不消 | to be unable to tolerate or endure to find sth difficult to manage |
| 吃不透 | Not understanding. |
| 吃不饱 | be on short commons |
| 吃主儿 | Someone who is skilled in tasting food. |
| 吃了定心丸 | to feel reassured |
| 吃亏 | to suffer losses to come to grief to lose out |
| 吃亏上当 | to be taken advantage of |