小吃
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 4
小吃 (xiǎochī) · snack
小吃 (xiǎochī) means “snack; street food”. It is written with 2 characters: 小 (small) + 吃 (to eat). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 小吃 is built
The characters
小 xiǎo · small
What 小 is made of
- 亅 — hook
- 八bā — eight
Origin hint: Dividing 八 by a line 亅 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
吃 chī · to eat
What 吃 is made of
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 乞qǐ — to beg
- 乙yǐ — second
Origin hint: 口 gives the meaning, 乞 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这条街上有很多小吃。Zhè tiáo jiē shang yǒu hěn duō xiǎochī.There are lots of snacks on this street.
你想尝尝这里的小吃吗？Nǐ xiǎng chángchang zhèlǐ de xiǎochī ma?Do you want to try the local snacks?
Questions about 小吃
What does 小吃 mean?
小吃 (xiǎochī) means “snack; street food”.
How do you pronounce 小吃?
小吃 is pronounced xiǎochī.
Which HSK level is 小吃?
小吃 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 小孩儿xiǎoháirchild
- 小姐xiǎojieMiss
- 小朋友xiǎopéngyǒuchild
- 小时xiǎoshíhour
- 小学xiǎoxuéprimary school
- 小学生xiǎoxuéshēngprimary school student
- 从小cóngxiǎofrom childhood
- 大小dàxiǎosize
- 小声xiǎoshēngin a low voice
- 小时候xiǎoshíhouin one's childhood
Learn 小吃 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 8: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.