(bound form) discouraged; disheartened; dispirited, as in 气馁 qì​něi or the phrase 胜不骄，败不馁 shèng​bù​jiāo​bài​bù​něi

(bound form) hungry; starving; famished

(literary, bound form) putrid; rotten; spoiled fish or meat

(literary) to cause to starve; to let someone suffer from hunger

(literary) those who are suffering from hunger; the famished