饿

To be hungry in Chinese: 饿 (è)

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to be hungry

HSK 3Traditional: 餓2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to be hungry
  2. 2hungry
  3. 3to starve (sb)

Stroke order

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饿

Zhuyin

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ㄜˋ

è

ㄜ/ eˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

饿

Simplified

餓

Traditional

Example sentences

See 饿 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 你饿了吗？

    nǐ è le ma？

    Are you hungry?

  • 我饿死了！

    wǒ è sǐ le！

    I'm starving!

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Related words

饥饿

jī è

hunger

忍饥挨饿

rěn jī ái è

starving

而且

ér qiě

(not only ...) but also

耳朵

ěr duo

ear

发烧

fā shāo

to have a high temperature (from illness)

发现

fā xiàn

to notice

方便

fāng biàn

convenient

放

fàng

to put

放心

fàng xīn

to feel relieved

分

fēn

to divide

附近

fù jìn

nearby

复习

fù xí

to review

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