饥
hungry, starving; hunger, famine; (bound form) hungry
- Strokes
- 5
- Pinyin
- jī
Parts
Words with 饥
- 充饥chōng jī · chongjito allay one's hunger
- 饥渴jī kě · jikehungry and thirsty; (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)
- 饥饿jī è · jiehunger; starvation; famine
- 饥荒jī huāng · jihuangcrop failure; famine; debt
- 易饥症yì jī zhèng · yijizhengbulimia
- 啼饥号寒tí jī háo hán · tijihaohan(idiom) to cry from hunger and cold; to suffer extreme poverty
- 如饥似渴rú jī sì kě · rujisiketo hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly; to long for sth
- 忍饥挨饿rěn jī ái è · renjiaiestarving; famished
- 挨饥抵饿ái jī dǐ è · aijidieto suffer from hunger
- 漏脯充饥lòu fǔ chōng jī · loufuchongji(lit.) to eat rotten meat to assuage hunger (idiom); (fig.) to disregard long-term consequences for short-term benefits; shortsighted
- 画饼充饥huà bǐng chōng jī · huabingchongjilit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake; to feed on illusions (idiom)
- 积谷防饥jī gǔ fáng jī · jigufangjistoring 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 · jibuzeshiwhen hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers; When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.
- 饥寒交迫jī hán jiāo pò · jihanjiaopobeset by hunger and cold (idiom); starving and freezing; in desperate poverty
- 饥肠辘辘jī cháng lù lù · jichanglulu(idiom) stomach rumbling with hunger; very hungry
- 饥馑荐臻jī jǐn jiàn zhēn · jijinjianzhenfamine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)
- 饱人不知饿人饥bǎo rén bù zhī è rén jī · baorenbuzhierenjiThe well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
- 饱汉不知饿汉饥bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī · baohanbuzhiehanjiThe 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 · baonuansiyinyu,jihanqidaoxinlechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold (idiom)