chuài

嘬

Character · Verb

bite; eat

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

verb

to bite; to gnaw; to eat (archaic/literary)

archaic

An archaic, literary usage. Not common in modern spoken Chinese.

 （
Gǔ古
wén文
 ）
hǔ虎
bào豹
chuài嘬
qí其
ròu肉
 。

(Classical text) Tigers and leopards gnawed at its flesh.

Zhè这
ge个
gǔ古
yì义
xiàn现
zài在
hěn很
shǎo少
yòng用
le了
 。

This ancient meaning is rarely used now.