饿 - è - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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HSK 3 - Medium
10 strokes
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饿 (餓)

è

Definition

to be hungry
我快饿死了。

I’m starving.
hungry
hunger
to be greedy (for)
to starve

Character Decomposition

Related words (12)

饿死

è sǐ

to starve to death; to be very hungry; to be starving

starving people

starving people

sb who is always hungry; glutton; (Buddhism) hungry ghost

饿肚子

è dù zi

to go hungry; to starve

挨饿

ái è

to starve; to go hungry; (to be) starving; to endure starvation; famished

exhausted and hungry

to relieve hunger

hunger; starvation; famine

受冻挨饿

shòu dòng ái è

to go cold and hungry

starving; famished

to suffer from hunger

Idioms (3)

饿殍载道

è piǎo zài dào

starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine

饿莩载道

è piǎo zài dào

starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine

饿莩遍野

è piǎo biàn yě

starving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine

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