- 饥饿 jī'è hungerthe physical sensation or feeling of needing food
- 挨饿 ái'è starveto go hungry or endure starvation
- 饿鬼 èguǐ gluttona person who is constantly hungry or eats with excessive greed
- 忍饥挨饿 rěnjī'ái'è starvingto endure hunger and suffer from starvation
- 挨饿受冻 ái'èshòudòng cold and hungry(idiom) to go cold and hungry
- 饿殍 èpiǎo starving peoplestarving people; people who have died of hunger
- 饿虎扑食 èhǔpūshí pounceto pounce on something with great ferocity, like a hungry tiger attacking its prey
- 解饿 jiě'è satisfy hungerto relieve hunger
- 饱汉不知饿汉饥 bǎohànbùzhī'èhànjī unsympatheticthe well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer
- 饿殍载道 èpiǎozàidào widespread starvationstarved corpses fill the roads (idiom); a state of widespread famine
- 饿莩遍野 èpiǎobiànyě mass starvationstarving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine
- 饿肚子 èdùzi go hungryto go without food or suffer from an empty stomach, whether by choice or due to poverty
- 饿莩载道 èpiǎozàidào faminestarved corpses fill the roads; a state of widespread famine
- 穷饿 qióng'è famished and destituteexhausted and hungry
- 挨饥抵饿 áijīdǐ'è suffer hungerto suffer from hunger
- 老天爷饿不死瞎家雀 lǎotiānyé'èbùsǐxiājiāquè providenceheaven provides for even the most disadvantaged; one should not lose hope as things will eventually work out or a way forward will be found
- 肚饿 dù'è hungryfeeling hungry; having an empty stomach
- 撑死胆大的,饿死胆小的 chēngsǐdǎndàde, èsǐdǎnxiǎode boldness paysThe bold reap rewards while the timid starve; taking risks leads to success while being overly cautious leads to failure.
- 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).
- 饿死 èsǐ famishedto be extremely hungry (hyperbolic)
Sources
- Frequency data
- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH