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好吃 hǎochī

好吃 hǎochī Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 好吃 hǎochī .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hǎochī | hao3 chi1
English translation
tasty
delicious
to be fond of eating
to be gluttonous

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Traditional form

好吃 hǎochī

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 好吃 hǎochī

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hǎo

Type

ideographic

Explanation

It is good ( hǎo ) for a woman () and her child () to be together.

Positional decomposition

女子 nǚ zǐ

Number of Strokes

6
chī

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

kǒu

Positional decomposition

口乞

Number of Strokes

6

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Example sentences using 好吃 hǎochī

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饿 è kāng 好吃 hǎochī ,饥不择 shí .

Hunger will relish the plainest fare.

zǒng liú 点儿 diǎn r 特别 tèbié 好吃 hǎochī de 东西 dōngxī wéi māo .

She always keeps some titbit to give to her cat.

duō 好吃 hǎochī de pài ā !

What a tasty pie!

shì de , xiǎng mǎi xiē . 这些 zhè xiē 好吃 hǎochī ?

Yes, I'd like to buy some pears. Are these pears fine?

我们 wǒmen 现在 xiànzài zuì hǎo chī bǎo bǎo de ——前面 qiánmiàn de Huán hěn cháng ne .

We'd better stoke up now — we've got a long journey in front of us.

好吃 hǎochī Decomposition

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好吃 hǎochī Compounds

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