吃 Traditional form: 吃 Pinyin (reading): chī Definitions: to eat; to consume to eat at (a cafeteria etc) to eradicate; to destroy to absorb to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) Characters: 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear Traditional characters: 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear