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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 吃食

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
吃食 chī shí - to eat (of bird or animal)
- to feed
吃食 chī shi - food
- edibles

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 40,439 35,337

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
吃 chī- to eat; to consume
- to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
- to eradicate; to destroy
- to absorb
- to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
吃 chī- variant of 吃[chi1]
食 shí- to eat
- food
- animal feed
- eclipse
食 sì- to feed (a person or animal)

Other Words Containing 吃食

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo