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饑

jī

starve, be hungry; famine

Strokes
20
Radical
食
HSK
—
Tone
1

Simplified form: 饥

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 饥, the simplified form of 饑. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 许多工人死于饥饿。

    Xǔ duō gōng rén sǐ yú jī è

    Many of the workers died of hunger.

  • 世界上许多人很饥饿。

    Shì jiè shàng xǔ duō rén hěn jī è

    A lot of people are starving in the world.

  • 每年有几百万人死于饥饿。

    Měi nián yǒu jǐ bǎi wàn rén sǐ yú jī è

    Millions of people starve to death every year.

  • 难民与饥饿作斗争。

    Nàn mín yǔ jī è zuò dòu zhēng

    The refugees struggled against hunger.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 饥

  • 饥饿jī è 1–4 hunger; starvation; famine
  • 忍饥挨饿rěn jī ái è 3–1–2–4starving; famished