| 吃 | 597C40 40A.70-9 | 部居  | 畫數 6 | ㄔ [chi1] (*ㄐㄧˊ [ji2] ). [Interch.喫] | ||
| V.i. & t. | (1) to eat (lit.), sometimes also drink, smoke: 吃了 have already taken (food); 吃得 eatable; 吃不得 (person) must not eat, not eatable; 吃不了 (person)cannot finish food portion, (thing) insupportable:; 好吃的 good to eat; 好難吃 very unpalatable; 吃不下 (person) cannot take food, (food) unpalatable; 窮得吃不上了 so poor that one has nothing to eat; 吃飯 take a meal; 吃飯了沒有 have you already eaten? also see 2↓; 吃酒 drink wine; 吃花酒 attend dinner with singsong girls; 吃喜酒 go to wedding feast; 吃煙 smoke; 吃大煙 smoke opium; 有吃有喝 have plenty to eat and drink; 吃喝不盡 enough to live on for life; 吃犒勞 (shop employees, etc). eat special dinner on holidays; 吃豆腐 to enjoy s.t. at s.o.’s expense,also flirt with girl; 吃獨食 will not share (gain, profit) with others; 吃瓦片 live off rentals; 吃西北風 feeding on cold wind--having nothing to eat. (2) To depend (on job, person) for a living, to eat off (s.o.): 一家子吃他一個人 the whole family depend on him alone for living; 這個飯不容易吃 this is a hard way to earn a living; 吃大戶 eat off a rich person in times of famine; 吃喝不分 fare and share all together; 吃現成 (兒) 飯 live off s.t. without work; 吃你的，吃我的 board provided by you, by myself. (3) to bear, receive, take (in many senses, as insults, bullets, etc.): 吃不消 cannot bear any longer (job, way of living); 吃槍彈，吃一刀 receive a shot, a knife cut; 吃黑棗兒 be shot as punishment; 吃罪 [chi1zui4]↓; 吃驚 [chi1jing1], 吃力 [chi1li4], 吃苦 [chi1ku3]↓; 吃便宜 take advantage of others; 吃官司 be involved in lawsuit; 吃掛絡兒 get into lawsuit by being involved with others; 吃墨紙 [chi1mo4zhi3]↓. (4) To take advantage of, to overcome, absorb, cover up, displace: 吃棋子 to take off opponent's piece at chess; 吃軟不吃硬 bully the weak but yield to one who can fight back; 這船吃多深水 what is the displacement of this ship; 屋簷被那堵牆吃住了 the roof is blocked from view by that wall; 淺黃色被深紅吃住 light yellow loses its color when placed next to crimson; 我的錢被小偷吃去了 my money was pilfered by pickpocket; 吃那廝騙了 was swindled by that fellow. | |||||
| Words | 1. 吃本 [chi1ben3], v.i., run business at a loss. 2. 吃錢 [chi1qian2], phr., to take bribe. 3. 吃的 [chi1de0], n., things to eat: 吃的穿的都有 have enough food and clothing. 4. 吃館子 [chi1guan3zi0], v.i., to dine out at restaurant. 5. 吃喝兒 [chi1he0er0], n., foodstuffs: 吃喝兒太貴 foodstuffs are too expensive. 6. 吃齋 [chi1zhai1], v.i., take vegetarian food (a Budd. vow). 7. 吃勁 [chi1jin4], adj., (work) takes a lot of strength to do. 8. 吃緊 [chi1jin3], v.i., (trun of events) becomes critical, (hear bad news from the war, etc.). 9. 吃驚 [chi1jing1], v.i., get a fright: 吃一大驚 get a shock. 10. 吃重 [chi1zhong4], v.i., bear the brunt of burden. 11. 吃虧 [chi1kui1], (1) V.i., to take a loss, not receive what is due: 吃個大虧 take a bad loss (in deal); V.i., 好漢不吃眼前虧 a wise man does not fight when the odds are against him--beautiful term for collaboration; (2) conj., unfortunately: 吃虧他不在此 unfortunately he is not here (and so misses a good opportuntiy). 12. 吃苦 [chi1ku3], v.i., (1) to suffer: 他要吃苦了 he is going to pay for it; (2) have the capacity for enduring hardships. 13. 吃兒 [che1er0], n., things to eat: 今天有什麼好吃兒 what food have we got for today? 14. 吃糧 [chi1liang2], v.i., (coll.) to get government rations, i.e., serve as soldier. 15. 吃力 [chi1li4], v.i., (things) take a lot of doing: 吃力不討好 a thankless task. 16. 吃墨紙 [chi1mo4zhi3], n., blotting paper. 17. 吃香 [chi1xiang1], v.i., be popular, in current demand or fashion: 現在理科很吃香 now the study of science is very popular. 18. 吃心 [chi1xin1], v.i., (1) (＝吃心力) take a lot of thinking; (2) to worry one. 19. 吃水 [chi1shui3], v.i., (1) (ship) have a displacement of water; (2) (person) drink water; (3) (soil) retain water. 20. 吃食 [chi1shi2], n., snacks, tidbits. 21. 吃素 [chi1su4], v.i., take only vegetarian food. 22. 吃私 [chi1si1], v.i., mishandle public funds. 23. 吃醋 [chi1cu4], v.i., (of man or woman) be jealous. 24. 吃罪 [chi1zui4], v.i., suffer or suffer blame: 吃罪不起 responsibility for the blame will be too great for me. | |||||