饥
Character
(bound form) hungry
Meaning
jī
ji1- (bound form) hungry CC-CEDICT
Stroke order
All 5 strokes
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Example sentences
他很饥饿。
tā hěn jī è
He is very hungry.
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孩子们饿得饥肠辘辘。
hái zi men è de jī cháng lù lù
The children are so hungry their stomachs are making noises.
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那个地方发生了饥荒。
nà ge dì fāng fā shēng le jī huāng
There was a famine in that place.
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Words with 饥
See all 18 →饥饿jī èthe feeling that you need to eat somethingWordHSK 7–9饥渴jī kěhungry and thirstyWord饥荒jī huāngcrop failureWord饥不择食jī bù zé shíwhen hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosersWord饥寒交迫jī hán jiāo pòbeset by hunger and cold (idiom)Word饥肠辘辘jī cháng lù lù(idiom) stomach rumbling with hunger; very hungryWord饥馑荐臻jī jǐn jiàn zhēnfamine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)Word忍饥挨饿rěn jī ái èto go hungry for a long time because there is little or no foodWordHSK 7–9充饥chōng jīto allay one's hungerWord易饥症yì jī zhèngbulimiaWord啼饥号寒tí jī háo hán(idiom) to cry from hunger and cold; to suffer extreme povertyWord如饥似渴rú jī sì kěto hunger for sth (idiom); eagerlyWord