饥 jī hungry
hungry; starving; hunger; famine
怎么记住“饥”: 饣 food + 几 how many = hungry. The kids have lost count of how many hours they have gone without food on the long hike, and by noon they are all hungry.
部件结构
饥 = 饣 food + 几 how many
- 饣 food
- 几 how many
The kids have lost count of how many hours they have gone without food on the long hike, and by noon they are all hungry.
用法
- Hunger/famine, written register. 饥饿 (jī'è) hunger - 忍受饥饿 (rěnshòu jī'è) to endure hunger. 饥荒 (jīhuang) a famine.
- 饥 is the formal noun/root; in everyday speech you say 我饿了 (wǒ è le) I'm hungry using 饿, not 饥. Idiom 饥不择食 (jī bù zé shí) a starving person isn't picky.