| jī | hungry |
| jī | hungry |
| 饥 | hungry |
| 饥不择食 | when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives. |
| 饥寒交迫 | lit. both hunger and cold press (idiom); starving and freezing in desperate poverty |
| 饥民 | famine victim; famine refugee |
| 饥渴 | hunger and thirst |
| 饥肠 | empty stomach |
| 饥肠辘辘 | stomach rumbling with hunger |
| 饥色 | hungry look |
| 饥荒 | crop failure famine debt |
| 饥餐渴饮 | eat when hungry and drink when thirsty |
| 饥饱 | The state of being hungry or full |
| 饥饱劳碌 | to slave all day long with no assurance when the next meal will come |
| 饥饿 | hunger starvation famine |
| 饥饿线 | verge of starvation |
| 饥馑 | hunger; famine; starvation; scarcity |
| 饥馑荐臻 | famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs) |