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hungry, starving; hunger, famine
🔤 Pictophonetic: 饣 (food) provides meaning, 几 provides pronunciation
HSK 6 ✏️ 5 strokes Common • Top 22%

Words Using 饥 (20)

饥饿
jīè
HSK 6
hunger / starvation / famine
hungry
饥肠辘辘
jīchánglùlù
stomach rumbling with hunger
饥不择食
jībùzéshí
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.
饥寒交迫
jīhánjiāopò
beset by hunger and cold (idiom) / starving and freezing / in desperate poverty
饥渴
jīkě
hunger and thirst
饱人不知饿人饥
bǎorénbùzhīèrénjī
The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
饱暖思淫欲,饥寒起盗心
bǎonuǎnsīyínyù,jīhánqǐdàoxīn
lechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold (idiom)
饱汉不知饿汉饥
bǎohànbùzhīèhànjī
The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
饥荒
jīhuāng
crop failure / famine / debt / difficulty
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