餓 (ngo6) — hungry; starving in Cantonese
ngoˍ₆餓简 饿
Mandarin Pinyin: e4
Meaning of 餓
nounhungry; starving
nounhunger
Example Sentences with 餓
朝早食嗰碗粥稀冧冧，未到晏晝就餓嘅嘞
The bowl of porridge you had this morning was so watery. You will be hungry before noon.
ngoˏ₅我houˊ²好touˏ₅肚ngoˍ₆餓。
I am very hungry.
go˗₃個zaiˊ²仔waaˍ₆話touˏ₅肚ngo6,餓，beiˊ²俾diˉ¹啲maiˏ₅米ngo5.我。
The son says he's hungry, give him some rice.
ngoˏ₅我houˊ²好touˏ₅肚ngo6,餓，soengˊ²想paaˎ₄扒je5.嘢。
I'm really hungry, want to eat.
ngoˍ₆餓seiˊ²死houˊ²好gwo˗₃過ngoˍ₆餓
Dying of hunger is better than being hungry.
Words Containing 餓
餓鬼ngo6 gwai2
ghoul; (abusive) an overgreedy person
挨餓ngaai4 ngo6
go hungry; be starved; suffer from hunger; go without food
捱餓ngaai4 ngo6
starve
餓狗搶屎ngo6 gau2 coeng2 si2
to scramble madly for something, even that not worth taking (lit., "a hungry dog snatches up shit")
饑餓gei1 ngo6
hunger; starvation
餓死老婆燻臭屋ngo6 sei2 lou5 po4 fan1 cau3 uk1
be unable to earn enough money to get married or sustain a wife when married, to cause one's wife to die of hunger, and to stink up the house with her corpse
餓過飢ngo6 gwo3 gei1
extremely hungry; extreme hunger; hungry to the point of nausea (and in fact resulting in loss of appetite)
餓鬼投胎ngo6 gwai2 tau4 toi1
to be (very) hungry (lit. a hungry ghost reincarnated)
窮餓kung4 ngo6
exhausted and hungry
肚餓tou5 ngo6
hungry
餓狼ngo6 long4
literally: 'a hungry wolf', describes someone who is rapacious / avaricious
色中餓鬼sik1 zung1 ngo6 gwai2
a sex maniac [colloquial]
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