飢 (gei1) — hungry; starving; famished in Cantonese
geiˉ¹飢简 饥
Mandarin Pinyin: ji1
Meaning of 飢
nounhungry; starving; famished
nounhaving a famine or crop failure (as variant of 饑)
Example Sentences with 飢
keoiˏ₅佢waaˍ₆話houˊ²好geiˉ¹飢。
He/She said he/she is hungry.
ngoˏ₅我houˊ²好geiˉ¹飢ngoˍ₆餓。
I am very hungry.
taiˊ²睇zyu6,住，houˊ²好geiˉ¹飢wo˗₃喎。
Look, I'm so hungry.
keoiˏ₅佢touˏ₅肚zaiˊ²仔houˊ²好geiˉ¹飢。
His/Her stomach is hungry.
ngoˍ₆餓dou˗₃到ngoˏ₅我minˍ₆面cingˉ¹青hauˊ²口seonˎ₄唇baak6,白，houˊ²好geiˉ¹飢。
I'm so hungry my face is pale, extremely hungry.
Words Containing 飢
充飢cung1 gei1
to satisfy one's hunger; to appease one's hunger (粵) 頂肚，醫肚
餓過飢ngo6 gwo3 gei1
extremely hungry; extreme hunger; hungry to the point of nausea (and in fact resulting in loss of appetite)
飢寒交迫gei1 hon4 gaau1 bik1
suffer from cold and hunger; be wedged between hunger and cold
飢荒gei1 fong1
starvation; famine;
飢腸轆轆gei1 coeng4 luk1 luk1
be so hungry that one's stomach begins to growl; of one's stomach to rumble with hunger
飢困交迫gei1 kwan3 gaau1 bik1
be both hungry and exhausted
飢不擇食gei1 bat1 zaak6 sik6
beggars can't be choosers; when very hungry, eat whatever is available
性飢渴sing3 gei1 hot3
sex-crazed; sex-hungry
呻飢莫呻飽san3 gei1 mok6 san3 baau2
lament hunger, not fullness
飢餓gei1 ngo6
hungry; starving; to starve; hunger; starvation | [粵]: 餓, 肚餓
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