吃得消 chīdexiāo to be able to stand Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 吃 chī verb to suffer to suffer; to incur; to bear a burden or experience a negative state like a shock or defeat得 de particle [potential] Used between a verb and its result to show that the result is possible, as in 看得见 kàndejiàn meaning "able to see"消 xiāo to withstand (literary) to withstand or bear; to endure