<p>好 (love  to)</p>
<p>吃 (eat)</p>
<p>精 (spirit/ demon)</p>
<p>好吃精 = a demon who loves to eat = gluttonous person/ greedy eater</p>
<p>It is the same as 為食鬼 or 為食貓 in Cantonese; 饞鬼 in Mandarin</p>

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Tang Ho
<p>It's 好吃惊, which means I'm really surprised. Character jing, 惊, can be also used for 惊喜, which means surprise. Also for 惊吓，which means being shocked.
I saw people answer 好吃精。I promise that as a Chinese I have never heard about any one using this word.</p>

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好吃驚 (describing the grandmother) seems even more far fetched than 好吃精 (describing the asker) ... sometimes dialectal expressions are weird to the ear of a standard Mandarin speaker; we need to be aware of that.
L Parker
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The OP is being called a「好吃jing」by his grandmother.
Tang Ho
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Also, as a Chinese, there are a lot of Chinese terms from other regions I have never heard of.
Tang Ho
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A distinction should, however, be made between a glutton, (i.e. 好吃精, 為食鬼, etc), and someone having a more discerning palate, i.e. 口感好. BTW, the 好 in 好吃精 is pronounced slightly differently.
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Jason Li
<p>I would suggest 「好吃精」 (Mandarin Pinyin: <strong>hàochī jīng</strong>), where 「精」 is short for something like 「妖精」 (<em>demon</em>). 「好吃精」 then means <em>glutton demon</em>.</p>
<p>See also <a href="https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%A5%BD%E5%90%83%E9%AC%BC" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://baike.baidu.com/item/好吃鬼</a>, where 「好吃精」 is listed as a synonym.</p>

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A word of caution: 「好吃精」 can be alternatively interpreted as a love for a sexual act - don't search this term up at work!
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<p>My grandma always referred to me as a &quot;好吃jin(g?)&quot; i.e. a glutton. However I'm not sure which character goes in the third one. This might be regional (Anhui) dialect, I am not sure, because I couldn't find an appropriate word in the dictionary or keyboard suggestions.</p>

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What is the character missing in 「好吃jing」?
# What is the character missing in 「好吃jing」?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-05-04)

My grandma always referred to me as a "好吃jin(g?)" i.e. a glutton. However I'm not sure which character goes in the third one. This might be regional (Anhui) dialect, I am not sure, because I couldn't find an appropriate word in the dictionary or keyboard suggestions.

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2021-05-04. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

I would suggest 「好吃精」 (Mandarin Pinyin: **hàochī jīng**), where 「精」 is short for something like 「妖精」 (*demon*). 「好吃精」 then means *glutton demon*.

See also [https://baike.baidu.com/item/好吃鬼](https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%A5%BD%E5%90%83%E9%AC%BC), where 「好吃精」 is listed as a synonym.

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: A word of caution: 「好吃精」 can be alternatively interpreted as a love for a sexual act - don't search this term up at work!  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-05-04. Score: 1

好 (love to)

吃 (eat)

精 (spirit/ demon)

好吃精 = a demon who loves to eat = gluttonous person/ greedy eater

It is the same as 為食鬼 or 為食貓 in Cantonese; 饞鬼 in Mandarin


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### Answer by username_2 on 2021-05-04. Score: -1

It's 好吃惊, which means I'm really surprised. Character jing, 惊, can be also used for 惊喜, which means surprise. Also for 惊吓，which means being shocked.
I saw people answer 好吃精。I promise that as a Chinese I have never heard about any one using this word.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: 好吃驚 (describing the grandmother) seems even more far fetched than 好吃精 (describing the asker) ... sometimes dialectal expressions are weird to the ear of a standard Mandarin speaker; we need to be aware of that.  
> **username_1**: The OP is being called a「好吃jing」by his grandmother.  
> **username_1**: Also, as a Chinese, there are a lot of Chinese terms from other regions I have never heard of.  
> **username_4**: A distinction should, however, be made between a glutton, (i.e. 好吃精, 為食鬼, etc), and someone having a more discerning palate, i.e. 口感好. BTW, the 好 in 好吃精 is pronounced slightly differently.  

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