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The Chinese word chi fan - 吃饭 - chī fàn
(to eat in Chinese)
Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)
chī fàn
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English translations
to eat, to have a meal, to make a living,
to be at table, to keep alive
Chinese characters:
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吃饭 ( chi fan / chī fàn ) in traditional characters
吃飯
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 吃饭 ( chi fan / chī fàn ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin
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If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ŏ, ù).
Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication.
If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ŏ, ù).
Women qu chi fan ba!
Wŏmen qù chī fàn ba!– English translation: Let's go eat something!
Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
mouth | meal | Let's go and eat!
吃饭 ( chi fan / chī fàn ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 173)
吃饭 ( chi fan / chī fàn ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 173)
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