要吃

want to eat, need to eat; should eat

→ 要
phrase Common #2,450
want to eat In a question, it asks whether someone wants to eat something.
CH: 你要吃苹果吗?
EN: Do you want to eat an apple?

看看谁要吃,谁不吃

Let's see who wants to eat and who doesn't.

— 铁皮鼓 (1979)

要吃也得等天亮吃啊!

Even if we're going to eat, we have to wait until daylight!

— 虎口脱险 (1966)

要吃就吃反正没人光顾

If you want to eat, go ahead—it's not like anyone's coming in anyway.

— 用心棒 (1961)

大家都要吃

Everyone needs to eat.

— 精英部队 (2007)

你真的不要吃吗?

Are you really not going to eat?

— 铃芽之旅 (2022)

我们也要吃

We want to eat too.

— 为所应为 (1989)

我有这个蟋蟀的脚呀要吃吗?

I have a cricket leg here. Do you want to eat it?

— 借东西的小人阿莉埃蒂 (2010)

要吃些东西吗?

Would you like something to eat?

— 阿飞正传 (1990)

黑人都要吃批萨

All Black people have to eat pizza.

— 为所应为 (1989)

要吃的吗

Would you like something to eat?

— 真爱至上 (2003)

要吃什么呀

What do you feel like eating?

— 孤胆特工 (2010)

你要吃你的鱼,闭嘴

Eat your fish and shut up.

— 恶魔 (1955)

要吃的吗?

Do you want something to eat?

— 搏击俱乐部 (1999)

老公,你要吃炸酱乌龙面吗?

Honey, do you want some udon noodles with black bean sauce?

— 寄生虫 (2019)

我可不要吃喔

I definitely don't want to eat it.

— 无人知晓 (2004)

那就捕晚上客人要吃的。

Then catch what the guests are going to eat tonight.

你要吃吗?

Do you want to eat?

— 上帝之城 (2002)

要吃吗

Want some?

— 空之境界 第五章 矛盾螺旋 (2008)

他们要吃自己的鞋,一直这麽乱

They’re going to eat their own shoes if they keep being this messy.

— 黑店狂想曲 (1991)

要吃点什么吗,亲爱的?

Would you like something to eat, darling?

— 不可告人 (2006)

你要吃我的吗?

Do you want to eat mine?

— 生吃 (2017)

phrase Rare #24,724
need to eat; should eat 要 before 吃 expresses necessity, advice, or obligation.
CH: 医生说你要吃好一点。
EN: The doctor said you should eat better.

医生说你要吃好一点

The doctor said you need to eat better.

— 伯纳德行动 (2007)

煎饼和肉都要吃

I want both pancakes and meat.

— 印度有嘻哈 (2019)

你吃完晚餐后还有药要吃

You still need to take some medicine after dinner.

— 母亲 (2009)

便当本来就要吃啊

You’re supposed to eat the packed lunch anyway.

— 那些年,我们一起追的女孩 (2011)

我们一天要吃五餐饭

We eat five meals a day.

— 天空之城 (1986)