饿

Hunger in Chinese: 饥饿 (jī è)

jī è

hunger

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 飢餓1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1hunger
  2. 2starvation
  3. 3famine

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饿

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ㄐㄧ

/ j/ i/ first tone

ㄜˋ

è

/ eˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

饥饿

Simplified

飢餓

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 战争让很多人陷入了饥饿。

    zhàn zhēng ràng hěn duō rén xiàn rù le jī è。

    The war drove many people into hunger.

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