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Found 11 word entries for "餓" Link to this search: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/search/?searchtype=1&text=%E9%A4%93
	Word	jyutping	pinyin	Meaning
	肚餓	tou5 ngo6		粵   hungry
	飢餓	gei1 ngo6	ji1 e4	hungry; starving; to starve; hunger
	餓鬼	ngo6 gwai2	e4 gui3	ghoul; (abusive) an overgreedy person
	捱餓	ngaai4 ngo6		starve
	挨餓	ngaai4 ngo6	ai2 e4	go hungry; be starved
	餓鬼投胎	ngo6 gwai2 tau4 toi1		to be (very) hungry
	窮餓	kung4 ngo6	qiong2 e4	exhausted and hungry
	餓狗搶屎	ngo6 gau2 coeng2 si2		粵   to scramble madly for something, even that not worth taking
	餓死老婆燻臭屋	ngo6 sei2 lou5 po4 fan1 cau3 uk1	e4 si3 lao3 po2 xun1 chou4 wu1	粵   be unable to earn enough money to get married or sustain a wife when married
	餓過飢	ngo6 gwo3 gei1	e4 guo4 ji1	extremely hungry
	餓殍	ngo6 piu5	e4 piao3	corpses of the starved; (dead) bodies of the starved

Found 2 Chinese Examples for "餓"
	我好肚餓。	粵 I am very hungry.
	朝早食嗰碗粥稀冧冧，未到晏晝就餓嘅嘞	粵 The bowl of porridge you had this morning was so watery. You will be hungry before noon.