Example sentences
nǐ你chī吃fàn饭le了ma吗？
Have you eaten?
hái孩zi子bù不xiǎng想chī吃fàn饭。
The child doesn't want to eat.
The story behind the character
吃
口 (mouth) plus 乞, which only supplies the sound. A phonetic character, plain and simple: the mouth part, the "qi" sound.