HSK 3.0 · LEVEL 1
好吃
Delicious; tasty; good to eat.
Free Chinese vocabulary flashcard · HSK 1
Why does 好吃 look like this?
This is a compound word: '好' (hǎo) consists of '女' (woman) + '子' (child), originally meaning 'good' or 'to like.' '吃' (chī) consists of '口' (mouth) + '乞' (beg/plead), representing the act of eating. Together, 'good' + 'eat' means delicious!