飢餓

See also: 饥饿

Chinese

		hungry	to be hungry; hungry
trad. (飢餓/饑餓)		飢/饑	餓
simp. (饥饿)		饥	饿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jī'è

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ ngo⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kî-ngo
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki-gō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jī'è
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ji-è
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-o⁴
    • Yale: jī-è
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieh
    • Palladius: цзиэ (czie)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ˀɤ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei¹ ngo⁶
    • Yale: gēi ngoh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ ngo⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ ngo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ ŋɔː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî-ngo
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi´ ngo
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi¹ ngo⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋo⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-gō
    • Tâi-lô: ki-gō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'goi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² ɡo²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ ɡo⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² ɡo²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡo³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡɤ³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 飢餓

1. hunger; starvation

   飢餓和口渴的問題可以拖延一下。 [MSC, trad.]
   饥饿和口渴的问题可以拖延一下。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jī'è hé kǒukě de wèntí kěyǐ tuōyán yīxià. [Pinyin]

   Hunger and thirst can wait.

Synonyms

• 饑荒／饥荒 (jīhuāng)
• (literary): 饑饉／饥馑 (jījǐn)
• (Min Nan) 枵餓／枵饿

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 飢餓

1. (formal) hungry; starving

See also

• 餓／饿 (è)
• 飢／饥 (jī)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
飢	餓
き Grade: S	が Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative forms

• 饑餓

Etymology

Middle Chinese 飢餓

Noun

飢(き)餓(が) • (kiga) 

1. hunger, starvation, famine

   絶(た)え間(ま)ない飢(き)餓(が)、ウラモグ

   Taemanai Kiga, Uramogu

   Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

   • 2016 April 23, “ウラモグの[道](みち)[滅](ほろ)ぼし [Pathrazer of Ulamog]”, in エルドラージ覚醒 [Eldrazi Awakening], Wizards of the Coast:

   • 1948, 豊島与志雄, 花ふぶき:

     空腹(くうふく)どころではなく、全(まった)く飢餓(きが)だった。

     Kūfuku dokoro de wa naku, mattaku kiga datta.

     It was not any mere hunger, it was absolute starvation.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
飢	餓

Noun

飢餓 • (gia) (hangeul 기아)

1. Hanja form^? of 기아 (“hunger, starvation”).