Word

饿 (è) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 3

Meaning of 饿

形 xíng adjective

hungry

我饿了。

wǒ è le

I'm hungry.

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Word breakdown

饿 è — hungry

Structure & writing

1 饿 è — hungry (opposite of 饱)

饿 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

1.1 饣 shí — food/eating radical

饣 is a component in 17 characters

HSK 1

饭 fàn cooked rice or grain 饺 jiǎo dumpling (crescent-shaped stuffed dough)

HSK 2

馆 guǎn inn; lodging house for guests

HSK 3

饮 yǐn to drink; especially to drink alcohol 饱 bǎo full (after eating); satiated (opposite of hungry) 饿 è hungry (opposite of 饱)

HSK 4

饼 bǐng flatbread; round flat cake (baked, grilled, or steamed) 馒 mán steamed bun (see 馒头, a leavened, dome-shaped bread with no filling)

HSK 6

饥 jī hungry (opposite of 饱) 馈 kuì to give as a gift, to present

HSK 7

蚀 shí to lose; to damage; to deplete 饪 rèn to cook food 饲 sì to raise (animals); to feed 饵 ěr cake; pastry 饶 ráo abundant, plentiful

Show more HSK 7 characters (+2)

馁 něi (lit.) hungry; starving 馅 xiàn filling (meat, vegetables, sugar, etc. inside dumplings, pastries, or other foods)

1.2 我 wǒ — I; me; my; we; our side; oneself

我 is a component in 3 characters

HSK 3

饿 è hungry (opposite of 饱)

HSK 5

哦 ò oh (expressing realization or understanding)

HSK 7

鹅 é goose (domestic fowl with white or grey feathers, orange or dark-brown fleshy knob on forehead, long neck, flat wide bill, webbed feet)

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