Chinese word dictionary

蹭吃蹭喝

cèng chī cèng hē · to cadge a meal

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Word information

Simplified蹭吃蹭喝

Traditional蹭吃蹭喝

Pinyincèng chī cèng hē

Part of speechDictionary

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Character breakdown

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

蹭cèng

to shuffle; to procrastinate, to freeload, to dilly-dally

吃chī

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

蹭cèng

to shuffle; to procrastinate, to freeload, to dilly-dally

喝hē

to drink; to shout, to call out

How to learn 蹭吃蹭喝

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]

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