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小吃 xiǎochī

小吃 xiǎochī Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 小吃 xiǎochī .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiǎochī | xiao3 chi1
English translation
snack
refreshments
CL: jiā [jiā]

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Traditional form

小吃 xiǎochī

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 小吃 xiǎochī

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xiǎo

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of three small dots, representing grains of sand or rice, to convey the meaning "small".

Positional decomposition

亅八

Number of Strokes

3
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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tài 饿 è --来点 xiǎo chī jiù gòu le .

I'm not very hungry a small snack is fine for me.

bìng 饿 è ,不过 bùguò dǎo 喜欢 xǐhuan 来点 xiǎo chī .

I'm not hungry but I'd like a snack.

如果 rúguǒ de xìng 字母 zìmǔ AD打头, qǐng dài 开胃 kāi wèi 小吃 xiǎochī .

If your last name starts with A ~ D, please bring an appetizer.

lǎn Lóng 这种 zhè zhǒng 面食 miàn shí shì zuì ài chī de 小吃 xiǎochī 之一 zhī yī .

Lanlong ( a kind of wheaten food ) is one of his favorite snacks.

Cóng 学校 xuéxiào 小吃店 xiǎo chī diàn tōu le 一条玛氏巧克力 qiǎokèlì bàng

He stole a Mars bar from the school tuck shop.

小吃 xiǎochī Decomposition

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up 小吃 xiǎochī and their own compounds.

小吃 xiǎochī Compounds

See all 1144 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 小吃 xiǎochī in their composition.

  • xiǎo
    • jiào
    • dāng
      • dàng , dǎng , dāng , dāng , dāng , dāng , dàng
    • Cháng
      • cháng , , ,
    • xué
    • ěr
    • shǎo
      • Shā
        • shā , shā , shā , suō , shā , , , xx , suō , shā , , , , , , , 髿,
      • shěng
        • , ,
      • liè
      • chāo
      • qiāo
        • jié , ,
      • bīn
        • bīn , pín , pīn , , , pín , bìn , bīn , bìn , bīn , , , bīn , , , , , , bìn , bìn
      • miǎo
      • suì
        • huì , wèi , huì , guì , , huì , , , , huì ,
      • miào , miǎo , chǎo , chǎo , shā , chāo , shā , miǎo , chāo , , chāo , shā , , , , , , , shā , , , , ,
    • Xīng
    • yuán
      • yuàn , yuán , yuán , yuán , yuán , yuán , , , , , , , , ,
    • guāng
      • huǎng
        • huǎng , huǎng , huǎng , huǎng , huǎng , , ,
      • 耀 yào , huī , huǎng , guāng , guāng , , gōng , huǎng , guāng , guāng , guāng , huǎng , kuàng , guāng , , , , , , , , , huī , , , ,
    • shì
      • piào
        • piāo
          • piāo
        • piāo , biāo , piáo , piāo , piáo , piǎo , piāo , biāo , piào , piào , biāo , biāo , biāo , piāo , biǎo , biāo , biào , , , , , , , biāo , , , piāo , , , , biāo , , , , biào
      • jīn
        • jīn , jìn , , , 澿,
      • wèi
        • wèi , , , wèi , wèi , , ,
      • Zōng
        • Chóng
        • zōng , zōng , zèng , zōng , zòng , cóng , cóng , cóng , cóng , zōng , , , , , , , , zōng , zōng , , , , , , ,
      • nài
        • nài , , nǎi , nài
        • chá
        • cài
          • , ,
        • chì , , zhài , , cài , , , , , ,
      • bǐng
      • nài
        • , 渿,
      • suàn
        • ,
      • biāo , , kuǎn , suì , , , , zhī , , , , , zuò , , , , zhēn , yǒng , , ráng , yǐng , lóng , , , , , , , 祿, , chán , , dǎo , shì ,
    • cháng
      • cháng , 鲿 cháng
    • Shàng
      • táng
        • táng , táng , chēng , tāng , tāng , táng , táng , tāng , , , , , , , , ,
      • zhǎng
        • chēng , chēng , , ,
      • dǎng
      • shǎng
        • cháng , ,
        • chēng , chēng
      • dāng
        • dàng , dāng , dǎng , , dāng , , dǎng , dàng , , , , dāng , , dāng , dāng ,
      • shǎng , tǎng , tāng , tǎng , shang , cháng , cháng , shàng , , chǎng , shàng , tǎng , cháng , shǎng , , , , , , , , , , tāng , , , ,
    • jiān
    • Dǎng
      • tǎng , dǎng , , tǎng
    • Jīng
      • jiù
        • jiù , , jiù , , ,
      • Jǐng
        • yǐng , jǐng , jǐng , jǐng , , , , ,
      • hào
      • jīng , liàng , Liáng , qióng , jīng , lüè , liàng , jīng , liáng , jìng , qíng , jiàng , liáng , liáng , jīng , qíng , , , , , , , liàng , liáng , , , jiù
    • Sūn
    • Xiāo
      • shāo
        • shào ,
      • xiāo
      • xiè
      • xiāo , xiāo , qiāo , shào , xiāo , xiāo , qiào , xiāo , shāo , xiāo , shāo , qiào , qiào , xiāo , zhào , shāo , shāo , shāo , shāo , shuò , xiāo , shāo , shāo , qiào , shāo , xiāo , , , , , , , , qiào , , , , , ,
    • shé
    • táng
      • , ,
    • ěr
        • sūn
          • xùn , sūn , , sūn ,
        • yáo
          • ,
        • xiàn , xuán , dào , yáo , gǔn , , , ,
      • Suǒ
        • suō , suǒ ,
        • , , , , , , , , , ,
      • lěi
        • luó , luó , luò , léi , lěi , luò , luǒ , lěi , léi , léi , , , , , luó
      • fán
      • yíng
      • zuǎn
      • 綿 mián
        • , ,
      • hóng
      • yuē
        • , ,
      • jié
        • , jié ,
        • , ,
      • téng
      • zhòu
      • fēn
      • zhōng
      • jué
        • juē
        • , , lèi
        • wān
        • liàn
        • luán
        • luán
          • luán , ,
        • luán
        • xiǎn
        • , , , luán , 孿 luán , luán , , , , , , mán , biàn , luán , luán
      • juàn
        • juàn
      • wéi
        • luō
          • luó
            • luo
          • luó , luò , luó , luō , , , , , luó , luó ,
        • wéi
      • huǎn
      • yíng
        • ,
      • màn
      • jiǎn
      • lèi
        • lěi , léi , , ,
      • jǐn , wěn , liàn , gěi , bǎng , wén , , , biān , , xián , jǐn , gǎo , , wǎng , jīng , luò , suō , 乿 zhì , jiǔ , , fóu , , jīn , zhì , tuó , zhěn , shī , jīng , rèn , guà , kuàng , , gēng , bǐng , , lěi , huì , zhí , , miǎn , 絿 qiú , , qīn , , tīng , , jiǒng , féng ,
      • , , , , cuì , jié , zōu , , ruí , , , zǒng , , , xiè , gēng , zǒng , , yuán , zǒng , , shéng , pán , tāo , zài , zòng , cài , , , 縿 shān , , qiǎng , xiān , , suì , , fān , ruǐ , huà , , , , , zuǎn , xiān , , , luò , ,
      • , , jiū , 糿, , , , , wán , rèn , , , , niǔ , , shū , chún , , , shā , , zhǐ , , yún , , fǎng , , , , , , , , , , , , shēn , , , , , , shào , gàn , , , 紿, chù ,
      • , bàn , , , , , , háng , , jié , , , , , , tāo , , jiǎo , , , xuàn , , , , róng , , , , , tǒng , jiàng , , , , , , , tǒng , , , , , , , , , , suí , ,
      • , , , zōng , , , , , , chóu , quǎn , , , , , , shòu , , , gāng , , zhuì , cǎi , , lún , liǔ , , zhàn , , chuò , , , , gǔn , , , , fēi , , , , , , jiān , , xiàn , , duàn , ,
      • , , yuán , , , , miǎn , , , wěi , , miǎo , , , , , , , zhì , , , , 緿, , , , , jìn , , , , , , , , , , , yūn , , , , , , , , , , tāo ,
      • , fèng , , , zòng , , , qiàn , , , , piāo , , , zǒng , , , , běng , , móu , , , , , , , zēng , , zhī , shàn , , , liáo , , , rào , , xiù , , , , , , shéng , huì , , , huán , qiāo
      • , , jiǎo , , , , , , , , bīn , qiǎn , 繿, , , , , xié , , , , chán , , chán , yīng , cái , xiān , , , lǎn , , , biàn ,
    • suǒ
    • qiān
    • xx
    • shū
      • shū
        • shū
        • , jiāo , , chù , , shū , , , , , , ,
        • , , , miè , , , , , , ,
      • , ,
    • xiàn
    • jué
      • , nié ,
    • liào
      • liáo
        • liáo , , ,
      • liáo , lǎo , liāo , liǎo , liáo , liào , liáo , liáo , liáo , liáo , liáo , liǎo , liáo , liáo , liāo , lǎo , , , , , , liáo , , , liáo , liáo , liào , ,
    • liú
      • dān
        • dàn , zhàn , ,
      • cháo , shòu
      • , ,
    • Yìng , , chén , , , láo , yán , yíng , , shàng , , róng , yīng , , yíng , hòu , xué , liáo , hóng , , , suǒ , , , jié , , xué , , , , , suǒ , , , suǒ , , zhāi
  • chī
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