你吃什么？
What are you eating?
吃
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
verb HSK 3.0 · Band 1
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吃
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吃
- 好吃hǎochītastyB1
- 吃惊chījīngto be startledB4
- 小吃xiǎochīstreet foodB4
- 大吃一惊dàchī-yìjīng(idiom) astoundedB6
- 吃喝玩乐chī-hē-wán-lè(lit.) to eat, drink, play and be merry (iB7
- 吃苦chīkǔto bear hardshipsB7
- 吃亏chīkuīto suffer lossesB7
See it in sentences
他什么都吃。
He eats everything.