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饥
飢
jī
1.
hungry
Common • Top 8%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (19)
充饥
chōngjī
to allay one's hunger
饥渴
jīkě
hunger and thirst
饥饿
jīè
hunger
饥荒
jīhuāng
crop failure
充饥止渴
chōngjīzhǐkě
to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
啼饥号寒
tíjīháohán
hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty
如饥似渴
rújīsìkě
to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly
忍饥挨饿
rěnjīáiè
starving
挨饥抵饿
áijīdǐè
to suffer from hunger
漏脯充饥
lòufǔchōngjī
to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
画饼充饥
huàbǐngchōngjī
lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake
积谷防饥
jīgǔfángjī
storing grain against a famine
饥不择食
jībùzéshí
when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers
饥寒交迫
jīhánjiāopò
beset by hunger and cold (idiom)
饥肠辘辘
jīchánglùlù
stomach rumbling with hunger
饥馑荐臻
jījǐnjiànzhēn
famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)
饱人不知饿人饥
bǎorénbùzhīèrénjī
The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
饱汉不知饿汉饥
bǎohànbùzhīèhànjī
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)
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,172
- Word Frequency Rank
- 6,416 of 84,292