hunger, famine

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
chī
le
píng
guǒ
lái
chōng

He ate an apple to satisfy his hunger.

2
yīn
wèi
è饿
chī
le
kuài
miàn
bāo

He ate a piece of bread because he was hungry.

3
ge
shēng
le
yán
zhòng
de
huāng

A severe famine occurred in that region.

4
è饿
le

I am hungry.

5
hái
zi
men
wán
le
xià
xiàn
zài
dōu
gǎn
dào
è饿
le

The children played all afternoon and now they all feel hungry.

6
zhǎng
shí
jiān
de
è饿
ràng
shēn
ruò
gōng
zuò

Prolonged hunger made him physically weak and unable to continue working.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes5
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#1934
Zhuyinㄐㄧ
Components
UnicodeU+9965
CangjieONHUI
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

Learn how the Five Elements describe personality