义项
把食物放进嘴里咽下去
To eat solid food. Chinese keeps eating and drinking strictly apart: anything liquid takes 喝, so it is 喝水, never 吃水.
verb
字形拆解
例句
- 我想吃米饭。我想吃米飯。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) xiǎng (third tone, dipping) chī (first tone, high and level) mǐfàn. (third tone, dipping)···
I’d like some rice.
- 你今天吃苹果了吗?你今天吃蘋果了嗎?Nǐ (third tone, dipping) jīntiān (first tone, high and level) chī (first tone, high and level) píngguǒ (second tone, rising) le (neutral tone) ma? (neutral tone)···
Did you have an apple today?
常见错误
不太对我吃水。
正确我喝水。
Liquids are never "eaten" in Chinese. Water, tea and juice all take 喝, even where another language would say "have".