饥饿
jī è
Pinyin

Definition

饥饿
 - 
jī è
  1. hunger
  2. starvation
  3. famine

Character Decomposition

Related Words (16)

饿
è
  1. 1 to be hungry
  2. 2 hungry
  3. 3 to starve (sb)
饥饿
jī è
  1. 1 hunger
  2. 2 starvation
  3. 3 famine
饿死
è sǐ
  1. 1 to starve to death
  2. 2 to be very hungry
充饥
chōng jī
  1. 1 to allay one's hunger
如饥似渴
rú jī sì kě
  1. 1 to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly
  2. 2 to long for sth
忍饥挨饿
rěn jī ái è
  1. 1 starving
  2. 2 famished
挨饿
ái è
  1. 1 to go hungry
  2. 2 to endure starvation
  3. 3 famished
解饿
jiě è
  1. 1 to relieve hunger
饥
jī
  1. 1 hungry
饥不择食
jī bù zé shí
  1. 1 when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers
  2. 2 When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.
饥渴
jī kě
  1. 1 hungry and thirsty
  2. 2 (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)
饥肠辘辘
jī cháng lù lù
  1. 1 stomach rumbling with hunger
饿殍
è piǎo
  1. 1 starving people
饿肚子
è dù zi
  1. 1 to go hungry
  2. 2 to starve
饿虎扑食
è hǔ pū shí
  1. 1 like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey
饿鬼
è guǐ
  1. 1 sb who is always hungry
  2. 2 glutton
  3. 3 (Buddhism) hungry ghost

Idioms (14)

充饥止渴
chōng jī zhǐ kě
  1. 1 to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
如饥似渴
rú jī sì kě
  1. 1 to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly
  2. 2 to long for sth
撑死胆大的，饿死胆小的
chēng sǐ dǎn dà de , è sǐ dǎn xiǎo de
  1. 1 fullness for the bold, famine for the timid (idiom)
漏脯充饥
lòu fǔ chōng jī
  1. 1 to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
画饼充饥
huà bǐng chōng jī
  1. 1 lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake
  2. 2 to feed on illusions (idiom)
老天爷饿不死瞎家雀
lǎo tiān yé è bù sǐ xiā jiā què
  1. 1 lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. don't give up hope
  3. 3 if you tough it out, there will be light at the end of the tunnel
饥不择食
jī bù zé shí
  1. 1 when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers
  2. 2 When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.
饥寒交迫
jī hán jiāo pò
  1. 1 beset by hunger and cold (idiom)
  2. 2 starving and freezing
  3. 3 in desperate poverty
饱人不知饿人饥
bǎo rén bù zhī è rén jī
  1. 1 The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
饱暖思淫欲，饥寒起盗心
bǎo nuǎn sī yín yù , jī hán qǐ dào xīn
  1. 1 lechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold (idiom)
饱汉不知饿汉饥
bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī
  1. 1 The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
饿殍载道
è piǎo zài dào
  1. 1 starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine
饿莩载道
è piǎo zài dào
  1. 1 starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine
饿莩遍野
è piǎo biàn yě
  1. 1 starving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine

Sample Sentences

唐僧应道：“也是，为师肚子也有些饥饿，不如我们暂且休息一下。”
Táng Sēng yìngdào ：“yě shì ，wéishī dùzi yě yǒuxiē jī\'è ，bùrú wǒmen zànqiě xiūxi yīxià 。”
Tang replied, "True. I'm also a bit hungry. We'd better rest for now."
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