Chinese Word: 饥 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

饥 (Trad.: 飢)HSK 6

Pinyin: jī

English Definition: hungry

Chinese Definition:
①用本义。荒年，五谷无收。［例］五谷不熟谓之饥。——《墨子·七患》。［例］降丧饥馑。——《诗·小雅·雨无止》。［例］齐尝大饥，道旁饿死者不可数也。——《韩非子·外储说右上》。［例］凶年饥发，君之民老弱转乎沟壑。——《孟子·梁惠王下》。［例］四时不出，天下大饥。——《淮南子·天文》。［例］今山东饥馑，人庶相食。——《汉书·翼奉传》。［合］饥荒；饥馁(饥饿)；饥时得一口(紧要处得人救济，恩德深厚)；饥氓(逃荒的人)；饥岁(荒年)。
②(动）∶通“飢”。吃不饱，饿。［例］黎民不饥不寒。——《孟子·梁惠王上》。［例］宁一月饥，无一旬饿。——《淮南子·说山训》。［例］牛困人饥日已高。——唐·白居易《卖炭翁》。［例］饥渴而顿踣。——唐·柳宗元《捕蛇者说》。［例］风雨霜露饥寒颠踣。——清·洪亮吉《治平篇》。
③姓氏。

Antonyms: 饱

Total strokes: 5; Radical: 食

Pictophonetic: 几 indicates the sound; 饣 (food) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 饣 [ shí ] food; to eat
- 几 [ jǐ ] small table; how many; a few, some

Similar Characters: 讥凯肌玑

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Example Words

饥饿	jī è	hunger; starvation; famine	HSK 6
饥荒	jī huāng	crop failure; famine; debt; difficulty
充饥	chōng jī	to allay one's hunger
饥渴	jī kě	hungry and thirsty; (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)
如饥似渴	rú jī sì kě	to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly; to long for sth

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Example Sentences

1		dòng luàn 动乱， rán hòu 然后 shì 是 jī huāng 饥荒。 Then if convulsion, then famine.
2		zhè xiē 这些 xiǎo chī 小吃 kě yǐ 可以 jiě jué 解决 nǐ 你 de 的 jī è gǎn 饥饿感。 These snacks can solve your hunger.
3		pǎo 跑 le 了 yī 一 zhěng tiān 整天 hòu 后， tā 他 gǎn dào 感到 fēi cháng 非常 jī è 饥饿。 After running all day, he felt very hungry.
4		tā men 他们 wèi 为 huǎn jiě 缓解 jī è 饥饿 wèn tí 问题 juān zèng 捐赠 le 了 dà liàng 大量 liáng shi 粮食。 They donated a large amount of food to alleviate hunger.

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1		dòng luàn 动乱， rán hòu 然后 shì 是 jī huāng 饥荒。 Then if convulsion, then famine.
2		zhè xiē 这些 xiǎo chī 小吃 kě yǐ 可以 jiě jué 解决 nǐ 你 de 的 jī è gǎn 饥饿感。 These snacks can solve your hunger.
3		pǎo 跑 le 了 yī 一 zhěng tiān 整天 hòu 后， tā 他 gǎn dào 感到 fēi cháng 非常 jī è 饥饿。 After running all day, he felt very hungry.
4		tā men 他们 wèi 为 huǎn jiě 缓解 jī è 饥饿 wèn tí 问题 juān zèng 捐赠 le 了 dà liàng 大量 liáng shi 粮食。 They donated a large amount of food to alleviate hunger.

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