Usage of the character 飢
jī
饥
[飢]
- (bound form) hungry
jīkě
饥渴
[飢渴]
- hungry and thirsty
- (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)
jī'è
饥饿
[飢餓]
- hunger
- starvation
- famine
chōngjī
充饥
[充飢]
- to allay one's hunger
yìjīzhèng
易饥症
[易飢症]
- bulimia
jīchánglùlù
饥肠辘辘
[飢腸轆轆]
- stomach rumbling with hunger
huàbǐngchōngjī
画饼充饥
[畫餅充飢]
- lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake
- to feed on illusions (idiom)
jībùzéshí
饥不择食
[飢不擇食]
- when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers
- When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.
lòufǔchōngjī
漏脯充饥
[漏脯充飢]
- to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
rěnjī'ái'è
忍饥挨饿
[忍飢挨餓]
- starving
- famished
áijīdǐ'è
挨饥抵饿
[挨飢抵餓]
- to suffer from hunger
jīhánjiāopò
饥寒交迫
[飢寒交迫]
- beset by hunger and cold (idiom)
- starving and freezing
- in desperate poverty
chōngjīzhǐkě
充饥止渴
[充飢止渴]
- to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
rújīsìkě
如饥似渴
[如飢似渴]
- to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly
- to long for sth
bǎohànbùzhī'èhànjī
饱汉不知饿汉饥
[飽漢不知餓漢飢]
- The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
bǎorénbùzhī'èrénjī
饱人不知饿人饥
[飽人不知餓人飢]
- The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
bǎonuǎnsīyínyù,jīhánqǐdàoxīn
饱暖思淫欲，饥寒起盗心
[飽暖思淫欲，飢寒起盜心]
- lechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold (idiom)