吃豆人

Chīdòurén
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Pac-Man, Namco's 1980 arcade maze game and its round yellow hero

Examples

HSK 3
Wǒ xiǎoshíhou cháng wán Chīdòurén.
I often played Pac-Man when I was little.
HSK 7-9
Chīdòurén yào zài mígōng lǐ chīdiào suǒyǒu de dòuzi, tóngshí duǒkāi sì ge yōulíng.
Pac-Man has to eat every dot in the maze while dodging four ghosts.

Tips

usage
吃豆人 'bean-eating person' describes what the hero does, and is the name most Chinese players use. 帕克曼 and 帕柯曼 are sound renderings of 'Pac-Man'.
history
Designed by Toru Iwatani and released by Namco in 1980. A yellow disc with a mouth eats its way around a maze while four ghosts chase it, and a power pellet lets it eat the ghosts in turn. It is one of the best-known arcade games ever made.

Stroke Order

吃 chī
豆 dòu
人 rén