Chinese word dictionary

吃喝嫖赌

chī hē piáo dǔ · lit. to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling (idiom); fig. to lead a life of dissipation

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Word information

Simplified吃喝嫖赌

Traditional吃喝嫖賭

Pinyinchī hē piáo dǔ

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

吃chī

to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear

喝hē

to drink; to shout, to call out

嫖piáo

to patronize a prostitute; to frequent

赌dǔ

to bet, to gamble, to wager

How to learn 吃喝嫖赌

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吃chī

to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc); variant of 吃[chi1]

好吃hǎochī

tasty; delicious

喝hē

to drink; variant of 嗬[he1]

吃惊chījīng

to be startled; to be shocked; to be amazed

小吃xiǎochī

street food; snack

大吃一惊dàchī-yìjīng

(idiom) astounded; flabbergasted; taken aback