吃饱 (chībǎo): to eat one's fill

Meanings

1 to eat one's fill
2 to be full (from eating)

Characters

吃

Examples

我已经吃饱了，谢谢。

Wǒ yǐjīng chībǎo le, xièxie.

I'm already full, thanks.

吃饱了才有力气干活。

Chībǎo le cái yǒu lìqi gànhuó.

Only after eating your fill do you have the strength to work.

Tips

mistakes

Don't confuse with 吃完 (finish the food). 吃饱 = you are full (may or may not have finished the plate); 吃完 = the food is gone (you may or may not be full).

Stroke Order

吃 chī

饱 bǎo

Related Words

吃饱饭 chībǎofàn

to eat one's fill / have enough to eat / (figurative) to make a living / have basic subsistence

吃撑 chīchēng

to eat until uncomfortably full / to overeat / stuff oneself

吃完 chīwán

to finish eating / to eat up

饱 bǎo HSK 2 #4,543

full (from eating) / satisfied

吃饭 chīfàn HSK 1 #1,336

to eat (a meal) / to have a meal

吃 chī HSK 1 #153

to eat / to have a meal

吃不上 chībushàng HSK 7

unable to get food; to not have enough to eat / to miss a meal

吃瓜 chīguā

to watch the drama unfold / to spectate gossip / to eat melons (slang)

吃独食 chīdúshí

to keep all the profit for oneself / to refuse to share / literally 'to eat alone'

吃生米 chīshēngmǐ

to be crude and unreasonable / to be a rough, uncivilized type / literally 'to eat raw rice'