Meaning
hungry
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “ji” becomes a different word in each tone. 饥 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 饥饿jī èhunger; starvation; famine
- 忍饥挨饿rěn jī ái èstarving; famished
- 充饥chōng jīto allay one's hunger
- 饥荒jī huāngcrop failure; famine; debt; difficulty
- 饥渴jī kěhungry and thirsty; (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)
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Example Sentence
在那个年代，许多人都忍受着饥饿。Zài nà ge nián dài, xǔ duō rén dōu rěn shòu zhe jī è.In that era, many people endured hunger.
在Zàiat那个nà gethat one年代nián dàia decade of a century (e.g，许多xǔ duōmany人rénperson都dōuall忍受rěn shòuto bear着zhe(ongoing action)饥饿jī èhunger。