饿
Character
hungry; feeling that you want to eat
Meaning
è
e4- hungry; feeling that you want to eat
- to make a person or animal go hungry
Examples
我很饿。
wǒ hěn è
I am very hungry.
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你饿了吗?我们吃饭吧。
nǐ è le ma? wǒ men chī fàn ba
Are you hungry? Let's eat.
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不要饿着孩子。
bù yào è zhe hái zi
Don't let the child go hungry.
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Words with 饿
See all 22 →饿扁è biǎn(coll.) to be famished; ravenously hungryWord饿死è sǐto starve to deathWord饿殍è piǎostarving peopleWord
饿莩è piǎostarving peopleVariant of 饿殍WordUnreviewed
饿鬼è guǐsb who is always hungryWord饿肚子è dù zito go hungryWord饿殍载道è piǎo zài dàostarved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famineWord饿莩载道è piǎo zài dàostarved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famineWord饿莩遍野è piǎo biàn yěstarving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famineWord饿虎扑食è hǔ pū shílike a hungry tiger pouncing on its preyWord饥饿jī èthe feeling that you need to eat somethingWordHSK 7–9忍饥挨饿rěn jī ái èto go hungry for a long time because there is little or no foodWordHSK 7–9