飢 | 1130C10 81B.70-4 | 部居 | 畫數 10 | ㄐㄧ [ji1] . [Var. of 饑 81B.71] | ||||||||
N | Hunger: 餽荒 [ji1](')[huang1]↓; 飢寒交迫 suffering from cold and hunger; 飢困 afflicted by shortage of food; 飢火 [ji1huo3], 饑渴 [ji1ke3]↓. | |||||||||||
Adj | Hungry: 飢餓 [ji1e4]↓; 飢民 starving masses; 飢不擇食 all food is delicious to the starving; 飢腸轆轆 rumblings of an empty stomach; 飢飽勞碌 to slave all day long with no assurance when the next meal will come; 飢名渴勢 greedy for honor and power; 肚飢 starving, famished; 飽漢不知餓漢飢 those with enough food to eat don't know how it feels to go without it. | |||||||||||
Words | 1.飢餓 [ji1e4], v.i. & adj., (feel) hungry, (be) without food to eat. 2.飢荒 [ji1huang0], n., (1) famine, poverty: 鬧飢荒 reduced to destitution; [ji1huang1], (2) indebtedness: 拉飢荒 run into debt; (3) difficulties, hardships, adversity. 3.飢火 [ji1huo3], n., (1) a burning desire for food: 飢火中燒 acute hunger; (2) eager longing or intense desire for things other than food. 4.飢饉 [ji1jin3], n., (=饑饉) starvation resulting from crop failure. 5.飢渴 [ji1ke3], n., (1) hunger and thirst; (2) an irresistible desire or longing: 性飢渴 sex-starved. |