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  ngo6   jyutping
  e4   pinyin
hungry; starving

[antonym]
adjective
Stroke count: 16
Level: 1
Radical: (#184)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
餓 / 饿

This word has been viewed 18486 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th Apr 2014 14:02

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detail  tou5 ngo6   = hungry
detail  gei1 ngo6  ji1 e4 = hungry; starving; to starve; hunger
detail  ngo6 gwai2  e4 gui3 = ghoul; (abusive) an overgreedy person
detail  ngaai4 ngo6   = starve
detail  ngaai4 ngo6  ai2 e4 = go hungry; be starved
detail  ngo6 gwai2 tau4 toi1   = to be (very) hungry
detail  kung4 ngo6  qiong2 e4 = exhausted and hungry
detail  ngo6 gau2 coeng2 si2   = to scramble madly for something, even that not worth taking
detail  ngo6 sei2 lou5 po4 fan1 cau3 uk1  e4 si3 lao3 po2 xun1 chou4 wu1 = be unable to earn enough money to get married or sustain a wife when married
detail  ngo6 gwo3 gei1  e4 guo4 ji1 = extremely hungry
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Showing all 2 examples containing 餓
detail audio 肚餓
I am very hungry.
detail 朝早稀冧冧晏晝
The bowl of porridge you had this morning was so watery. You will be hungry before noon.

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: This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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