饥荒 (jī huāng): Meaning, Examples & Usage
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饥荒
饥荒
(jī huāng): Famine (noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order
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饥 • jī • hunger, famine
jī
饥
hunger, famine
荒 • huāng • uncultivated, desolate, waste • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
HSK 3.0 · L7-9
huāng
荒
uncultivated, desolate, waste
Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 饥荒.
Words with
饥
饥饿
jī è
hunger; starvation
饥渴
jī kě
hungry and thirsty
忍饥挨饿
rěn jī ái è
starving
画饼充饥
huà bǐng chōng jī
to comfort oneself with illusions; to engage in wishful thinking instead of taking real action
Words with
荒
荒凉
huāng liáng
bleak and desolate; wild
荒唐
huāng táng
absurd; fantastic; preposterous
荒谬
huāng miù
absurd; preposterous
荒诞
huāng dàn
Absurd
撂荒
liào huāng
abandon farmland, leave uncultivated
荒冢
huāngzhǒng
desolate grave mound
荒原
huāng yuán
wilderness; wasteland
荒地
huāng dì
wasteland, barren land
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Example Sentences with 饥荒
nà
那
nián
年
fā
发
shēng
生
le
了
yán
严
zhòng
重
de
的
jī
饥
huāng
荒
。
A severe famine occurred that year.
jī
饥
huāng
荒
dǎo
导
zhì
致
xǔ
许
duō
多
rén
人
bèi
背
jǐng
lì
历
shǐ
史
shū
书
shàng
上
jì
记
zǎi
载
le
了
nà
那
cì
次
井
lí
离
xiāng
乡
。
The famine caused many people to leave their homes.
dà
大
jī
饥
huāng
荒
de
的
cǎn
惨
zhuàng
状
。
The history book records the tragic scene of that great famine.
