吃
chī HSK1

eat

吃 chī
eat verb
to ingest food

他正坐在沙发上吃一个大苹果。

tā zhèng zuò zài shā​fā shàng chī yī gè dà píng​guǒ.

He is sitting on the sofa eating a large apple.

suffer verb
to experience or endure something negative such as shock, injury, or defeat

他在比赛中吃了一场败仗。

tā zài bǐ​sài zhōng chī le yī cháng bài​zhàng.

He suffered a defeat in the match.

consume verb
to exhaust resources or to dine at a specific location

这辆车非常吃油。

zhè liàng chē fēi​cháng chī yóu.

This car is a real gas guzzler.

absorb verb
to soak up or take in liquid

这种纸不吃墨。

zhè zhǒng zhǐ bù chī mò.

This paper doesn't absorb ink well.

destroy verb
to eradicate or to capture a piece in a game like chess

他的马被我吃掉了。

tā de mǎ bèi wǒ chī diào le.

I captured his knight.

Frequency
Character
Written text
475th most common 444.3 per million
Movie subtitles
241st most common 722.2 per million appears in 88% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
832.1 per million appears in 83% of films
Written text
689.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+5403

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)