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吃
吃
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See also: 喫
Translingual
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Han character
吃 (radical 30 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 口人弓 (RON), four-corner 68017, composition ⿰口乞)
References
- KangXi: page 174, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3280
- Dae Jaweon: page 387, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 579, character 5
- Unihan data for U+5403
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (乞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 乞 | *kʰɯds, *kʰɯd |
| 盵 | *kʰɯds |
| 齕 | *ɡɯːd, *ɡuːd |
| 紇 | *ɡɯːd, *ɡuːd |
| 籺 | *ɡɯːd |
| 圪 | *ŋrɯd, *ŋɯd |
| 訖 | *kɯd |
| 吃 | *kɯd |
| 扢 | *kɯd, *kuːd, *ɡuːd |
| 疙 | *ŋɯd |
| 屹 | *ŋɯd |
| 仡 | *ŋɯd, *hŋɯd |
| 迄 | *hŋɯd |
| 釳 | *hŋɯd |
| 忔 | *hŋɯd |
| 汔 | *hŋɯd |
| 矻 | *kʰuːd |
| 麧 | *ɡuːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kɯd) : semantic 口 + phonetic 乞 (OC *kʰɯds, *kʰɯd).
Pronunciation 1
| trad. | 吃/喫 | |
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| simp. | 吃 | |
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hek3
- Gan (Wiktionary): qiah6
- Jin (Wiktionary): ceh4
- Wu (Wiktionary): qiq (T4)
- Xiang (Wiktionary): qia6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ih1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hek3
- Yale: hek
- Cantonese Pinyin: hek8
- IPA (key): /hɛːk̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Gan
- Jin
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: qiq (T4)
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɪʔ⁵⁵/
- (Shanghainese)
- Xiang
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 吃 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹/ | |
| Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /tʃʰz̩⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹/ | |
| Xining | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /t͡ɕʰi²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /t͡sʰz̩³¹/ | |
| Guiyang |
/t͡sʰz̩²¹/ /t͡ɕʰia²¹/ ～虧 |
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| Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩ʔ⁵/ | |
| Hefei | /t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡sʰəʔ²/ |
| Pingyao | /ʈ͡ʂʰʌʔ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /t͡sʰəʔ⁴³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /t͡ɕʰioʔ⁵/ | |
| Wenzhou | /t͡sʰz̩²¹³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕʰiʔ²¹/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡ɕʰi⁵/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha |
/t͡ɕʰi²⁴/ /t͡ɕʰia²⁴/ |
| Xiangtan | /t͡ɕʰio²⁴/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡ɕʰiɑʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰət̚¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /kʰet̚⁵⁵/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /hɛk̚³/ |
| Nanning |
/hɛk̚³³/ /hɐt̚⁵⁵/ |
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| Hong Kong | /hɛk̚³/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /kʰɛiʔ²³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) |
/ki²⁴/ /i⁴²/ 俗 |
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| Shantou (Min Nan) | /ŋiak̚²/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /xit̚⁵/ |
Definitions
吃
- to eat; to consume
- to live on
- to suffer; to endure; to bear
- to exhaust; to be a strain
- to drink
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 吃 (“to eat”) | ||
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| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 食 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吃 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 吃 |
| Taiwan | 吃 | |
| Jinan | 吃 | |
| Xi'an | 吃 | |
| Wuhan | 吃 | |
| Chengdu | 吃 | |
| Yangzhou | 吃 | |
| Hefei | 吃 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 食 |
| Hong Kong | 食 | |
| Taishan | 吃 | |
| Yangjiang | 吃 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 喫 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 食 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 食 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 食 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 食 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 食 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 食 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 食 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 吃 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 食 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 食 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 食 |
| Taipei | 食 | |
| Chaozhou | 食 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 吃 |
| Suzhou | 吃 | |
| Wenzhou | 吃 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 吃 |
| Shuangfeng | 吃 | |
Compounds
Derived terms from 吃
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Pronunciation 2
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simp. and trad. |
吃 | |
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- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ih1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated in Mainland)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
- Wade-Giles: chih2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hek3, gat1
- Yale: hek, gāt
- Cantonese Pinyin: hek8, gat7
- IPA (key): /hɛːk̚³/, /kɐt̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gut
- Tâi-lô: gut
- Phofsit Daibuun: gud
- IPA (Xiamen): /gut̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /gut̚⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /gut̚³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /gut̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /gut̚³²/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
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| Character | 吃 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 迄 (58) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 居乙切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kɨt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kɨt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kiət̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kɨt̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/kiət̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/kĭət̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ki̯ət̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
ji |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 吃 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10080 |
| Phonetic component |
乞 |
| Rime group |
物 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
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| Old Chinese |
/*kɯd/ |
Definitions
吃
Compounds
Derived terms from 吃
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Pronunciation 3
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simp. and trad. |
吃 | |
|---|---|---|
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ih1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hat1
- Yale: hāt
- Cantonese Pinyin: hat7
- IPA (key): /hɐt̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khit
- Tâi-lô: khit
- Phofsit Daibuun: qid
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰit̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰit̚⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰit̚³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰit̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰit̚³²/
- (Hokkien)
Definitions
吃
- Only used in 吃吃.
Korean
Hanja
吃 • (heul) (hangeul 흘, revised heul, McCune-Reischauer hŭl)
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