Chinese word dictionary

吃穿

chī chuān · food and clothing

Practice word

Word information

Simplified吃穿

Traditional吃穿

Pinyinchī chuān

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

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

穿chuān

to drill, to pierce; to dress, to wear

How to learn 吃穿

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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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]

穿chuān

to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread

好吃hǎochī

tasty; delicious

吃惊chījīng

to be startled; to be shocked; to be amazed

小吃xiǎochī

street food; snack

穿过chuānguò

to pass through