() — (bound form) hunger; starve; (bound form) famine

Définition

饥 is a bound morpheme meaning 'hungry/famine' that only appears inside set phrases like 饥荒 (famine) or 饥肠辘辘 (stomach growling with hunger). It is not used as a standalone word.

bound form
(bound form) hungerstarve(bound form) famine

Exemples

  • Nà ge dì qū fā shēng le dà jī huang.
    A great famine occurred in that region.
  • Tā gōng zuò le yì zhěng tiān, jī cháng lù lù.
    He worked all day, his stomach growling with hunger.
  • Zài nà zhǒng qíng kuàng xià, tā jī bù zé shí.
    Under those circumstances, he was so hungry that he grabbed whatever food he could get.
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