Hungry in Chinese (Mandarin): 饿 (è)
饿
è
hungry
- Simplified
- 饿
- Traditional
- 餓
- Pinyin
- è
- Typed as
- e
Use it in a sentence
我好饿，想吃饭。
我好餓，想吃飯。
I am so hungry, I want to eat rice.
The characters in 饿
饿 / 餓
Hungry. 饣 (food) is on the left.
10 strokes
Fourth tone. 我饿了 (wǒ è le) is I'm hungry; full is 饱 (bǎo), and thirsty is 渴 (kě).
More examples with 饿
我饿了。
我餓了。
Wǒ è le.
I'm hungry.
小猫饿了，喵喵叫。
小貓餓了，喵喵叫。
Xiǎo māo è le, miāomiāo jiào.
The kitten is hungry and meowing.
How to write 饿 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
饿 10 strokes
In Traditional characters:
餓 15 strokes
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