饿

The character "饿" has 10 strokes. "饿" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "饿" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "饿" are "è" . View the stroke order of "饿">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "饿"

adj.: hungry

v.: starve

• 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
• starve : v.挨饿；饿死；处于严寒之中；使挨饿；使饿死；饿极；饿得慌；以饥饿迫使就范；以饥饿强迫；使匮乏

Form words with "饿"

饿得慌 be awfully hungry

又累又饿 be tired and hungry

Example phrases using "饿"

• 她把饭拨弄着玩，好像并不饿。

  She was just toying with her food, as if she wasn’t really hungry.

• 渴加上饿，搞得他精疲力竭。

  Thirst and hunger wore him out.

• 奶酪耐饱，吃了不容易饿。

  Cheese is difficult to digest, and you won’t get hungry easily if you have it with your food.

• 他很饿，又要了一份米饭。

  He was hungry and ordered an extra portion of rice.

• 都六点了，你该饿了吧？

  It’s already six o’clock. You must be hungry.

• 她饿得浑身软绵绵的。

  She felt weak all over from/with hunger.

• 我一点儿都不饿。

  I am not at all hungry.

• 她饿得两眼发花。

  Hunger dimmed her eyes.

• 我没吃什么是因为我不喜欢那里的饭菜，何况我当时一点儿也不饿。

  I didn’t eat anything because I didn’t like the food, and besides, I wasn’t at all hungry.

• 我现在又累又饿，而且还头疼。

  I am now tired and extremely hungry — with a headache into the bargain.