Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
饥
jī
Description
"饥"的意思是肚子空空的，很想吃东西。
"饥" means having an empty stomach and really wanting to eat.
这个字常常和"饿"一起用，说成"饥饿"。
This character is often used together with "饿", forming the phrase "饥饿".
Meanings
饥jī
hungry; feeling hunger
我一天没吃饭，很饥。
I haven't eaten all day and I'm very hungry.
饥荒jīhuang
famine; severe shortage of food
很久以前，这里发生过大饥荒。
A long time ago, there was a great famine here.
Related words
Notes
- Nuance
饥 is more formal/literary; in daily speech people usually say 饿 for "hungry".
- Etymology
the 饣(食) radical relates to food and eating.
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