饥

The character "饥" has 5 strokes. "饥" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "饥" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "饥" are "jī" . View the stroke order of "饥">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "饥"

adj.: hungry; starved; famished; having a famine or crop failure

• hungry : adj.饥饿的；显出饥饿的样子的；渴望的；使人饥饿的；引起食欲的；热望的；mean 卑鄙的；吝啬的
• starved : adj.饥饿的
• famished : adj.极度饥饿的

Form words with "饥"

Example phrases using "饥"

• 发生洪水地区的人们正忍饥挨冻。

  The people in the flooded area are suffering (from) cold and hunger.

• 不吃饭则饥，不读书则愚。

  Do not eat the hungry, do not read the stupid.

• 求知若饥，虚心若愚。

  Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish.

• 缓和，减轻（痛苦）；充（饥）；平息（愤怒）

  Assuage v. to ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)

• 我是雄狮，饥即食，

  When the lion is hungry he eats.

• 这是他们停止了发刊的告别语，"求知若饥，虚心若愚"。

  It was their farewell message as they signed off. "Stay hungry, stay foolish".

• 我是雄狮，我是苍鹰，饥即食，渴即饮。除非行动，否则死路一条。

  When the lion is hungry he eats. When the eagle has thirst he drinks. Lest they act, both will perish.

• 像一只饥渴的鸟儿，我饥饮着知识的雨露，支持着我飞往知识的每一个角落。

  Like a thirsty bird, I hungrily drink the drops of knowledge, which sustain my flight to each knowable place.

• 那两个牧民都背着旅行包,里面装着面包和乳酪,供他们沿途饿了的时候压压饥.

  The two shepherds wore rucksacks filled with bread and cheese they could eat on the way.

• 当我们看到书本上的主人公由于被围追堵截或者在航海途中遇到困境时，我们会同情他们在这种情况下极端的挨饥受饿。

  We can sympathize with the distress it in the which excessive hunger occasions when we read the description of journal of a siege, or of a sea voyage.