Eat in Chinese (Mandarin): 吃 (chī)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 吃

• 吃

  To eat. 口 (mouth) is on the left.

  6 strokes

First tone. 吃饭 (chī fàn), "eat rice", means to have a meal, so 吃饭了！ means "time to eat!"

More examples with 吃

• 我们吃饭吧。

  我們吃飯吧。

  Wǒmen chī fàn ba.

  Let's eat.

• 小兔子吃胡萝卜。

  小兔子吃胡蘿蔔。

  Xiǎo tùzi chī húluóbo.

  The bunny eats a carrot.

How to write 吃 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.