早餐不吃

zǎocānbùchī

phrase

Meanings

1 to skip breakfast
2 not eating breakfast

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

早餐不吃对身体不好。

Zǎocān bù chī duì shēntǐ bùhǎo.

Skipping breakfast is bad for your health.

HSK 4

他为了减肥坚持早餐不吃。

Tā wèile jiǎnféi jiānchí zǎocān bù chī.

He insists on skipping breakfast to lose weight.

Tips

grammar

Topic-comment structure: 早餐 is fronted as the topic ('as for breakfast, don't eat'). More naturally phrased as 不吃早餐, but 早餐不吃 is common in health content and colloquial speech.

Stroke Order

早 zǎo

餐 cān

不 bù

吃 chī