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Chinese symbol for “tasty”

好吃
hǎo chī
tasty; delicious

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tasty is 好吃 (hǎo chī), defined as: tasty; delicious.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

好 hǎo
good, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well
radical 38 ⼥ · 6 strokes
吃 chī
to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “tasty”

WordPinyinMeaning
可口kě kǒutasty; to taste good
好喝hǎo hētasty (drinks)
入味rù wèitasty; to be absorbed in sth
鲜美 (鮮美)xiān měifresh and delicious; tasty
鲜 (鮮)xiānfresh; bright (in color)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 好吃.

WordPinyinMeaning
最好zuì hǎobest; had better ...; it would be best to ...
好像hǎo xiàngas if; to seem like
不好bù hǎono good
好好hǎo hǎoin perfectly good condition; perfectly all right; well; thoroughly; carefully; properly
良好liáng hǎogood; favorable
好看hǎo kàngood-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good
吃饭 (吃飯)chī fànto have a meal; to eat
吃惊 (吃驚)chī jīngto be startled; to be shocked

See also: Japanese symbol for “tasty”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.