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饥 jī

hungry, starving; hunger, famine

Strokes
5
Level
HSK 6
Radical
饣
Traditional
飢
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 饣几 ⿰饣几

Memory hint: food

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  1. 长时间没吃饭，他感到非常饥饿。
    Cháng shíjiān méi chīfàn, tā gǎndào fēicháng jī'è.
    Not having eaten for a long time, he felt extremely hungry.
    long time not eat-meal, he feel very hungry
  2. 你现在饥饿吗？
    Nǐ xiànzài jī'è ma?
    Are you hungry right now?
    you now hungry (question)
  3. 饥饿的时候，先吃点东西垫垫肚子吧。
    Jī'è de shíhou, xiān chī diǎn dōngxi diàndiàn dùzi ba.
    When you're hungry, eat something first to fill your stomach a bit.
    hungry (particle) time, first eat some thing pad-pad stomach (suggestion)
  4. 吃了早饭以后，他一点都不饥饿了。
    Chīle zǎofàn yǐhòu, tā yìdiǎn dōu bù jī'è le.
    After eating breakfast, he wasn't hungry at all anymore.
    eat(ed) breakfast after, his a-bit at-all not hungry (particle)
  5. 战争年代，很多人经历过饥饿的痛苦。
    Zhànzhēng niándài, hěn duō rén jīnglìguò jī'è de tòngkǔ.
    During wartime, many people experienced the suffering of hunger.
    war era, very many people experienced hungry (particle) suffering

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