吃 ⇒
吃 chī, [喫], to eat/to consume/to eat at (a cafeteria etc)/to eradicate/to destroy/to absorb/...
吃饭 chīfàn, [吃飯], to have a meal/to eat/to make a living
吃惊 chījīng, [吃驚], to be startled/to be shocked/to be amazed
好吃 hǎochī/hàochī, tasty/delicious, to be fond of eating/to be gluttonous
大吃一惊 dàchīyījīng, [大吃一驚], to have a surprise (idiom); shocked or startled/gobsmacked
吃醋 chīcù, to feel jealous
吃光 小吃 xiǎochī, snack/refreshments/CL:家[jiā]
吃素 chīsù, to be a vegetarian
难吃 nánchī, [難吃], unpalatable
吃力 chīlì, to entail strenuous effort/to toil at a task/strenuous/laborious/strain
吃亏 chīkuī, [吃虧], to suffer losses/to come to grief/to lose out/to get the worst of it/to be at a ...
吃不消 chībuxiāo, to be unable to tolerate or endure/to find sth difficult to manage
吃药 chīyào, [吃藥], to take medicine
贪吃 tānchī, [貪吃], gluttonous/voracious
自讨苦吃 zìtǎokǔchī, [自討苦吃], to ask for trouble (idiom)/to make a rod for one's own back
白吃 báichī, to eat without paying/to eat for free
吃一堑 口吃 kǒuchī, to stammer/to stutter/also pr. [kǒu jí]
吃香 chīxiāng, popular/in demand/well regarded
吃喝 chīhē, to eat and drink/food and drink
小吃店 xiǎochīdiàn, snack bar/lunch room/CL:家[jiā]
大吃大喝 dàchīdàhē, to eat and drink as much as one likes/to make a pig of oneself
吃苦 chīkǔ, to bear hardships
吃苦头 chīkǔtou, [吃苦頭], to suffer/to suffer for one's actions/to pay dearly/to burn one's fingers
吃法 chīfǎ, way of eating/how something is eaten/how a dish is prepared/the way a dish is to...
吃得消 chīdexiāo, to be able to endure (exertion, fatigue etc)/to be able to afford
吃喝玩乐 chīhēwánlè, [吃喝玩樂], to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)/to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
吃得开 chīdekāi, [吃得開], to be popular/to be getting on well/much in demand
省吃俭用 shěngchījiǎnyòng, [省吃儉用], to live frugally/to economize on food and clothing/to scrimp and save
吃紧 chījǐn, [吃緊], in short supply/dire/tense/critical/hard-pressed/important
吃官司 chīguānsī, to face legal action/to get sued
吃荤 吃吃喝喝 吃水 chīshuǐ, drinking water/to obtain water (for daily needs)/to absorb water/draft (of ship)
吃苦耐劳 chīkǔnàiláo, [吃苦耐勞], hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
吃老本 狗吃屎 gǒuchīshǐ, to fall flat on one's face (vulgar)
吃里扒外 吃不开 chībukāi, [吃不開], be unpopular/won't work
吃闲饭 chīxiánfàn, [吃閒飯], to live as a parasite/doing nothing to earn one's keep
吃败仗 吃回扣 吃闭门羹 chībìméngēng, [吃閉門羹], to be refused entrance (idiom)/to find the door closed
小吃部 小吃摊 吃哑巴亏 chīyǎbakuī, [吃啞巴虧], to be forced to suffer in silence/unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
吃透 坐吃山空 zuòchīshānkōng, lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom)/...
鸡 ⇒
鸡 jī, [雞], fowl/chicken/CL:隻|只[zhī]/(slang) prostitute
鸡蛋 jīdàn, [雞蛋], (chicken) egg/hen's egg/CL:個|个[gè],打[dá]
鸡肉 jīròu, [雞肉], chicken meat
火鸡 huǒjī, [火雞], turkey
鸡尾酒 jīwěijiǔ, [雞尾酒], cocktail (loanword)
炸鸡 zhájī, [炸雞], fried chicken
鸡皮疙瘩 jīpígēda, [雞皮疙瘩], goose pimples/goose bumps
小鸡 xiǎojī, [小雞], chick
鸡奸 jījiān, [雞奸], sodomy/anal intercourse/buggery
公鸡 gōngjī, [公雞], cock/rooster
鸡翅 母鸡 mǔjī, [母雞], hen
鸡汤 jītāng, [雞湯], chicken stock/chicken soup/(fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good mot...
鸡尾酒会 鸡胸 鸡毛蒜皮 jīmáosuànpí, [雞毛蒜皮], lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom)/fig. trivial (matter)
斗鸡 dòujī, [鬥雞], cock fighting
野鸡 yějī, [野雞], pheasant/unregistered and operating illegally (business)/(slang) prostitute
鹤立鸡群 hèlìjīqún, [鶴立雞群], a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common/manifestly superior
养鸡 养鸡场 yǎngjīchǎng, [養雞場], chicken farm
鸡毛 jīmáo, [雞毛], chicken feather/CL:根[gēn]/trivial
落汤鸡 luòtāngjī, [落湯雞], a person who looks drenched and bedraggled/like a drowned rat/deep distress
鸡头 烧鸡 鸡笼 鸡眼 jīyǎn, [雞眼], corn (callus on the foot)
雄鸡 xióngjī, [雄雞], rooster
鸡舍 子鸡 鸡窝 鸡雏 鸡心 鸡皮 童子鸡 铁公鸡 tiěgōngjī, [鐵公雞], cheapskate/stingy person
金鸡 jīnjī, [金雞], golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)
山鸡 shānjī, [山雞], Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)/(dialect) pheasant
松鸡 sōngjī, [松雞], grouse
田鸡 tiánjī, [田雞], frog/the Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus)
鸡场 鸡屎 雏鸡 chújī, [雛雞], chick/newly hatched chicken
种鸡 仔鸡 雉鸡 zhìjī, [雉雞], (bird species of China) common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
金鸡奖 肉鸡 ròujī, [肉雞], chicken raised for meat/broiler/(computing) zombie/infected computer in a botnet
金鸡纳霜 jīnjīnàshuāng, [金雞納霜], quinine powder
鸡食 食火鸡 shíhuǒjī, [食火雞], cassowary (genus Casuarius), large flightless bird native to northeastern Austra...
鸡冠 Jīguān/jīguān, [雞冠], Jiguan district of Jixi city 雞西|鸡西[Jī xī], Heilongjiang, crest/cockscomb
鸡肋 jīlèi, [雞肋], chicken ribs/sth of little value or interest/sth of dubious worth that one is re...
鸡犬升天 jīquǎnshēngtiān, [雞犬升天], lit. poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)/fig. to ride on sb else's success/O...
白斩鸡 báizhǎnjī, [白斬雞], Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken"
素鸡 sùjī, [素雞], vegetarian chicken, a soybean product
草鸡 cǎojī, [草雞], free-range chicken/(dialect) hen/cowardly
鸡毛信 鸡蛋壳 家鸡 乌鸡 wūjī, [烏雞], black-boned chicken/silky fowl/silkie/Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson
鸡毛掸子 鸡场主 鸡杂 鸡圈 香酥鸡 珍珠鸡