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Jyutping hek3 zau2
Pinyin chī jiǔ

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, dialectal, literary, verb-object
    to drink alcohol
    (syn.) 食酒, 飲酒, 喝酒, 饮酒, 啉酒
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    衡山白果地方的女子们,结队拥入祠堂,一屁股坐下便吃酒,族尊老爷们只好听她们的便。
    衡山白果地方的女子們,結隊擁入祠堂,一屁股坐下便吃酒,族尊老爺們只好聽她們的便。
    héng shān bái guǒ dì fang de nǚ zǐ men , jié duì yōng rù cí táng , yī pì gu zuò xià biàn chī jiǔ , zú zūn lǎo ye men zhǐ hǎo tīng tā men de biàn .
    • The women of Baiguo in Hengshan County gathered in force and swarmed into their ancestral temple, firmly planted their backsides in the seats and joined in the eating and drinking, while the venerable clan bigwigs had willy-nilly to let them do as they pleased.
  2. Mandarin
    女子和穷人不能进祠堂吃酒的老例,也被打破。
    女子和窮人不能進祠堂吃酒的老例,也被打破。
    nǚ zǐ hé qióng rén bù néng jìn cí táng chī jiǔ de lǎo lì , yě bèi dǎ pò .
    • The old rule barring women and poor people from the banquets in the ancestral temples has also been broken.