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饿
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Main
English Definitionto be hungry; hungry; to starve (somebody)
Simplified Script饿
Traditional Script餓
Pinyinè
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)ngo6
Part of Speech(形) adjective, (动) verb
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=1 TOCFL=2

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Words With Same Head Word    
饿鬼èguǐsomebody who is always hungry; glutton; (Buddhism) hungry ghost
饿殍èpiǎostarving people
饿虎扑食è hǔ pū shílike a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey
饿殍载道èpiǎo zàidàostarved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine
饿莩遍野èpiǎo biàn yěstarving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine
Words With Same Tail Word    
饥饿jī'èhunger; starvation; famine
挨饿ái'èto go hungry; to endure starvation; famished
忍饥挨饿rěn jī ái'èstarving; famished
解饿jiě'èto relieve hunger
穷饿qióng'èexhausted and hungry
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