Characters | Words | Sentences | Chinese Translation | Chinese Tests | Forums | Search
KangXi Radical List | Customise CantoDict | Dictionary Statistics
| 餓 | |
ngo6
|
|
|
[1] hungry; hunger [2] greedy; covetous [3] [v] starve 16 Stroke count: 16
Level: 3
|
|
| 餓 / 饿 | |
| This character was last edited on 4th Apr 2008 | |
Sponsors: One-on-One Online Chinese Tutoring | Classic Games | Chinese Language Spanish Language | Satellite TV offers | Teaching in China | Learn Chinese |
|
肚餓
tou5 ngo6 = hungry粵
飢餓
gei1 ngo6 = hungry; starving; to starve; hunger
餓鬼
ngo6 gwai2 = ghoul; (abusive) an overgreedy person
捱餓
ngaai4 ngo6 = starve
挨餓
ngaai4 ngo6 = go hungry; be starved
餓鬼投胎
ngo6 gwai2 tau4 toi1 = to be (very) hungry
窮餓
kung4 ngo6 = exhausted and hungry |
|
|
Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only |
|
Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/740/]餓[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/740/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">餓</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 餓
Unicode code for this character: U+9913 (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/740/]餓[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/740/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">餓</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 餓
Unicode code for this character: U+9913 (off-site link)
This page shows, from top to bottom:
- a large version of the character in a traditional script font which you may need to install
- : the Jyutping romanisation (pronunciation)
- : the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
- a detailed description of all the meanings
- the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
- our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
- a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
(we would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please post to the CantoDict forum if you would like to spend an occasional 10 mins or so helping)
Rows returned from database=24
CantoDict v1.3.13 is a collaborative Chinese Dictionary project started in November 2003. Entries are added and mistakes corrected by a team of kind volunteers from around the world.
Copyright Adam Sheik 2003-2008.