| è | to be hungry/hungry |
| 饿 | to be hungry hungry |
| 饿死 | starvation |
| 饿殍 | starving people |
| 饿殍载道 | starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine |
| 饿殍遍野 | corpses of people starved to death can be found all over the countryside |
| 饿肚子 | to go hungry to starve |
| 饿肚皮 | to go hungry |
| 饿莩 | starving people |
| 饿莩载道 | starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine |
| 饿莩遍野 | starving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine |
| 饿虎扑食 | like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey |
| 饿饭 | go hungry; go without food |
| 饿鬼 | ghoul |