吃

to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])

variant of 吃[chi1]

to beg

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom) / fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted

to take advantage of others' misfortune (idiom)

food and lodging / to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there)

to be on the government payroll

penetration of a cutting tool

lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom) / fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first

(Tw) all-you-can-eat (food) / (fig.) unlimited usage (digital services etc)

arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding

(onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc) / sound of stammering

to be jealous / to envy

to be jealous