小吃 xiǎochī snack

HSK 4 — upper-intermediate proficiency: 600 new words, 1,200 in all. You can converse fluently on a wide range of topics with native speakers. In HSK 3.0, 小吃 is in band 4. HSK 4 explained

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中小吃。

It means snack. At a night market, a friend asks what to try, and you point to the snacks. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

小吃 is written in 9 strokes across 2 characters.

小吃 — the Chinese character for snack (xiǎochī), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 小吃 — snack

小 — 3 strokes
吃 — 6 strokes

Characters in 小吃

小 xiǎo — small; tiny; few
吃 chī — to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy

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HSK 4 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 4 Practise Topic: Food and drink Practise

小吃 is pronounced xiǎochī and means “snack”.