吃 chī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Made of
- 口 mouth 乞 to beg
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
吃力
chīlì
hard; with effort
Characters in this word
力 lì
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 力 — strength, power
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这活很吃力。 Zhè huó hěn chīlì. This work is very hard.
- 我走得吃力。 Wǒ zǒu de chīlì. I walk with difficulty.
- 他说话吃力。 Tā shuōhuà chīlì. He speaks with difficulty.