饿
Definitions
- 1. to be hungry
- 2. hungry
- 3. to starve (sb)
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Common mistakes
Unlike English, you cannot use 饿 as a verb with a direct object (e.g., ‘饿了他’ is incorrect). To express ‘make someone hungry’, use 让 or 使: 让他饿了.
Formality
饿 is the everyday word for ‘hungry’. 饥饿 is more formal and used in written or descriptive contexts.
Example Sentences
3 shown我 饿 了。
他在战争中挨了 饿 。
我不 饿 。
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Words Containing 饿
starving
hunger
to suffer from hunger
to go hungry
exhausted and hungry
lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom)
to relieve hunger
The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
to starve to death
starving people
starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine
to go hungry
starving people
starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine
starving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine
like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey
sb who is always hungry