| 1 | 饥饿 | 飢餓 | jī è | ji1 e4 | hunger; starvation; famine | | |
| 2 | 饥 | 飢 | jī | ji1 | hungry; variant of 饥 | | |
| 3 | 又饥又渴 | 又飢又渴 | yòu jī yòu kě | you4 ji1 you4 ke3 | both hungry and thirsty (idiom) | | |
| 4 | 挨饥抵饿 | 挨飢抵餓 | ái jī dǐ è | ai2 ji1 di3 e4 | to suffer from hunger | | |
| 5 | 忍饥挨饿 | 忍飢挨餓 | rěn jī ái è | ren3 ji1 ai2 e4 | starving; famished | | |
| 6 | 漏脯充饥 | 漏脯充飢 | lòu fǔ chōng jī | lou4 fu3 chong1 ji1 | to bury one's head in the sand (idiom) | | |
| 7 | 饥者甘食 | 飢者甘食 | jī zhě gān shí | ji1 zhe3 gan1 shi2 | All food tastes delicious to those who are hungry. (idiom) | | |
| 8 | 饥名渴势 | 飢名渴勢 | jī míng kě shì | ji1 ming2 ke3 shi4 | greedy for honor and power (idiom) | | |
| 9 | 饥渴 | 飢渴 | jī kě | ji1 ke3 | hungry and thirsty; (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc) | | |
| 10 | 饥馑荐臻 | 饑饉薦臻 | jī jǐn jiàn zhēn | ji1 jin3 jian4 zhen1 | famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs) | | |
| 11 | 饥火中烧 | 飢火中燒 | jī huǒ zhōng shāo | ji1 huo3 zhong1 shao1 | to be very hungry (idiom) | | |
| 12 | 饥荒 | 饑荒 | jī huāng | ji1 huang1 | crop failure; famine; debt; difficulty | | |
| 13 | 饥寒交迫 | 飢寒交迫 | jī hán jiāo pò | ji1 han2 jiao1 po4 | beset by hunger and cold (idiom); starving and freezing; in desperate poverty | | |
| 14 | 积谷防饥 | 積穀防饑 | jī gǔ fáng jī | ji1 gu3 fang2 ji1 | storing grain against a famine; to lay sth by for a rainy day; also written 积谷防饥 | | |
| 15 | 饥附饱飏 | 飢附飽颺 | jī fù bǎo yáng | ji1 fu4 bao3 yang2 | to cling to sb. when needed and abandon him when no longer needed (idiom) | | |
| 16 | 饥肠辘辘 | 飢腸轆轆 | jī cháng lù lù | ji1 chang2 lu4 lu4 | stomach rumbling with hunger | | |
| 17 | 饥不择食 | 飢不擇食 | jī bù zé shí | ji1 bu4 ze2 shi2 | when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers; When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives. | | |
| 18 | 饥饱劳碌 | 飢飽勞碌 | jī bǎo láo lù | ji1 bao3 lao2 lu4 | to slave all day long with no assurance when the next meal will come (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 画饼充饥 | 畫餅充飢 | huà bǐng chōng jī | hua4 bing3 chong1 ji1 | lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake; to feed on illusions (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 号寒啼饥 | 號寒啼飢 | háo hán tí jī | hao2 han2 ti2 ji1 | to cry out because of hunger and cold (idiom) | | |
| 21 | 充饥止渴 | 充飢止渴 | chōng jī zhǐ kě | chong1 ji1 zhi3 ke3 | to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 充饥 | 充飢 | chōng jī | chong1 ji1 | to allay one's hunger | | |
| 23 | 饱人不知饿人饥 | 飽人不知餓人飢 | bǎo rén bù zhī è rén jī | bao3 ren2 bu4 zhi1 e4 ren2 ji1 | The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom). | | |
| 24 | 饱暖思淫欲,饥寒起盗心 | 飽暖思淫欲,飢寒起盜心 | bǎo nuǎn sī yín yù , jī hán qǐ dào xīn | bao3 nuan3 si1 yin2 yu4 , ji1 han2 qi3 dao4 xin1 | lechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 饱汉不知饿汉饥 | 飽漢不知餓漢飢 | bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī | bao3 han4 bu4 zhi1 e4 han4 ji1 | The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom). | | |