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  gei1   jyutping
  ji1   pinyin
[1] hungry; starving; famished
[2] having a famine or crop failure (as variant of )



adjective
Stroke count: 11
Level: 2
Radical: (#184)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
飢 / 饥

This word has been viewed 4493 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th Feb 2014 10:10

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detail  gei1 ngo6  ji1 e4 = hungry; starving; to starve; hunger
detail  gei1 bat1 zaak6 sik6   = beggars can't be choosers; when very hungry, eat whatever is available
detail  gei1 hon4 gaau1 bik1  ji1 han2 jiao1 po4 = suffer from cold and hunger
detail  cung1 gei1  chong1 ji1 = to satisfy one's hunger; to appease one's hunger (粵) 頂肚,醫肚
detail  gei1 coeng4 luk1 luk1  ji1 chang2 lu4 lu4 = be so hungry that one's stomach begins to growl; of one's stomach to rumble with hunger
detail  gei1 kwan3 gaau1 bik1  ji1 kun4 jiao1 po4 = be both hungry and exhausted
detail  ngo6 gwo3 gei1  e4 guo4 ji1 = extremely hungry
detail  sing3 gei1 hot3  xing4 ji1 ke3 = sex-crazed
detail  san3 gei1 mok6 san3 baau2  shen1 ji1 mo4 shen1 bao3 = lament hunger, not fullness
detail  liu4 gei1  liao2 ji1 = appease one's hunger
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