饥 jī

hunger, starving; hungry; a famine

HSK 6 #2173

DEFINITIONS

  • hunger, starving
  • hungry
  • a famine
  • hungry
  • variant of 飢|饥[ji1]

STROKES

饥 stroke order diagram
饥 stroke order animation

WORDS

饥饿 jī è
HSK 6
hunger; starvation; famine
饥渴 jī kě hungry and thirsty; (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)
饥荒 jī huāng crop failure; famine; debt; difficulty
饥肠辘辘 jī cháng lù lù stomach rumbling with hunger
如饥似渴 rú jī sì kě to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly; to long for sth
饥寒交迫 jī hán jiāo pò beset by hunger and cold (idiom); starving and freezing; in desperate poverty
充饥 chōng jī to allay one's hunger
画饼充饥 huà bǐng chōng jī lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake; to feed on illusions (idiom)
充饥止渴 chōng jī zhǐ kě to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
啼饥号寒 tí jī háo hán hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty
忍饥挨饿 rěn jī ái è starving; famished
挨饥抵饿 ái jī dǐ è to suffer from hunger
易饥症 yì jī zhèng bulimia
漏脯充饥 lòu fǔ chōng jī to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
积谷防饥 jī gǔ fáng jī storing grain against a famine; to lay sth by for a rainy day; also written 積穀防飢|积谷防饥
饥不择食 jī bù zé shí when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers; When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.
饱人不知饿人饥 bǎo rén bù zhī è rén jī The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
饱暖思淫欲，饥寒起盗心 bǎo nuǎn sī yín yù ， jī hán qǐ dào xīn lechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold (idiom)
饱汉不知饿汉饥 bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
饥馑荐臻 jī jǐn jiàn zhēn famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)
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