饿
餓è
HSK 3
#1,908 most
frequent character
to be hungry, hungry
adjective
verb
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
饿 joins 饣 food with 我 wǒ, which supplies the sound, and first meant 'to be very hungry'. The sense then grew to 'to starve'.
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Example Sentences
我很饿。
wǒ hěn è 。
I am very hungry.
他饿了，想吃点东西。
tā è le ， xiǎng chī diǎn dōngxī 。
He is hungry and wants to eat something.
如果你饿，就去吃饭吧。
rúguǒ nǐ è ， jiùqù chīfàn bā 。
If you are hungry, go eat.
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