(chī fàn) - to eat (a meal) in Mandarin

chīfàn

Traditional: 吃飯

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Translation

to eat (a meal)

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Word origin

The word 吃饭 combines 吃 'to eat' with 饭 'cooked rice, meal', so literally 'to eat rice' and by extension to have a meal. 吃 is 口 (mouth) + 乞 (phonetic); 饭 is 飠/食 (food radical) + 反 (fǎn) phonetic.

Origin: compound
Root: 吃 (chī, to eat: 口 mouth + 乞 phonetic) + 饭 (fàn, cooked rice: 食 food + 反 phonetic)

Stroke order

吃

饭

Examples

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Let's go and have a meal together.

？

Have you eaten?

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It is meal time.

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Come to my home for dinner tonight.

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Wash your hands before eating.

吃饭 (chī fàn) means to eat a meal.

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This word is taught in chapter 11, lesson 11: 吃饭, 神, 经常 and 7 more words.