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[1] hungry; starving; famished [2] having a famine or crop failure (as variant of 饑) Stroke count: 11
Level: 2
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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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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飢餓 gei1 ngo6 = hungry; starving; to starve; hunger 飢不擇食 gei1 bat1 zaak6 sik6 = beggars can't be choosers; when very hungry, eat whatever is available 飢寒交迫 gei1 hon4 gaau1 bik1 = suffer from cold and hunger 充飢 cung1 gei1 = to satisfy one's hunger; to appease one's hunger (粵) 頂肚,醫肚 飢腸轆轆 gei1 coeng4 luk1 luk1 = be so hungry that one's stomach begins to growl; of one's stomach to rumble with hunger 飢困交迫 gei1 kwan3 gaau1 bik1 = be both hungry and exhausted 餓過飢 ngo6 gwo3 gei1 = extremely hungry 性飢渴 sing3 gei1 hot3 = sex-crazed 呻飢莫呻飽 san3 gei1 mok6 san3 baau2 = lament hunger, not fullness 療飢 liu4 gei1 = appease one's hunger |