- 饥饿 jī'è hungerthe physical sensation or feeling of needing food
- 饥渴 jīkě craveto have a strong desire or yearning for something, such as knowledge or love
- 饥荒 jīhuāng faminewidespread food shortage caused by crop failure or natural disasters
- 充饥 chōngjī allay hungerto allay one's hunger
- 饥寒交迫 jīhánjiāopò impoverishedbeset by extreme hunger and cold; suffering from desperate poverty
- 饥肠辘辘 jīchánglùlù famishedstomach rumbling with hunger; very hungry
- 如饥似渴 rújīsìkě eagerlyto hunger or long for something intensely, especially regarding learning, reading, or the pursuit of knowledge
- 饥民 jīmín famine victimspeople suffering from famine or extreme hunger
- 饥不择食 jībùzéshí desperateaccepting any available option or help without being selective when in an urgent or desperate situation; beggars can't be choosers
- 忍饥挨饿 rěnjī'ái'è starvingto endure hunger and suffer from starvation
- 画饼充饥 huàbǐngchōngjī feed on illusionsto console oneself with false hopes or unrealistic solutions that do not solve the actual problem
- 饱汉不知饿汉饥 bǎohànbùzhī'èhànjī unsympatheticthe well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer
- 积谷防饥 jīgǔfángjī saveto store grain against a famine; to lay something aside for a rainy day
- 啼饥号寒 tíjīháohán destitutionTo live in wretched poverty and misery; literally, hunger cries and cold roars.
- 饥馑荐臻 jījǐnjiànzhēn recurring faminefamine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)
- 充饥止渴 chōngjīzhǐkě satisfy hunger and thirstto satisfy one's hunger and thirst
- 饥饿感 jī'ègǎn sense of hungerthe physical or psychological sensation of feeling hungry; appetite or hunger pangs.
- 饱人不知饿人饥 bǎorénbùzhī'èrénjī lack of empathyThe well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
- 饱暖思淫欲,饥寒起盗心 bǎonuǎnsīyínyù, jīhánqǐdàoxīn lust and theftphysical comfort breeds lust, while hunger and cold lead to theft
- 挨饥抵饿 áijīdǐ'è suffer hungerto suffer from hunger
- 漏脯充饥 lòufǔchōngjī shortsightedfig. to disregard long-term consequences for short-term benefits; taking desperate measures that lead to disaster
- 易饥症 yìjīzhèng bulimia
Sources
- Frequency data
- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH