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饿

è · e

Traditional 餓

HSK 1Old HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. hungry
  2. to starve (sb)
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Lanterns get hungry too

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，我(wǒ)饿(è)了(le)。

    Dengdeng, I am hungry.

  2. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)不是(bùshì)刚(gāng)吃完(chīwán)饭(fàn)吗(ma)？

    Didn't you just finish eating?

  3. Liangliang

    那(nà)是(shì)三个(sāngè)小时(xiǎoshí)以前(yǐqián)了(le)，我(wǒ)又(yòu)饿(è)了(le)。

    That was three hours ago. I am hungry again.

  4. Dengdeng

    好吧(hǎoba)，其实(qíshí)我(wǒ)也(yě)饿(è)了(le)。

    Well, actually I am hungry too.

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)也(yě)会(huì)饿(è)？我(wǒ)以为(yǐwéi)灯(dēng)不用(bùyòng)吃饭(chīfàn)。

    You get hungry too? I thought a lantern does not need food.

  6. Dengdeng

    灯(dēng)没有(méiyǒu)电(diàn)，也(yě)不会(bùhuì)亮(liàng)啊(a)。

    Without power a lantern does not light up either.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)看(kàn)起(qǐ)来(lái)像(xiàng)是(shì)饿(è)了(le)。

She looks like she's hungry.

Tatoeba: Chinese by iiujik · English by CH · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

因(yīn)为(wèi)我(wǒ)不(bú)是(shì)很(hěn)饿(è)，所(suǒ)以(yǐ)我(wǒ)决(jué)定(dìng)晚(wǎn)点(diǎn)吃(chī)。

I wasn't very hungry, so I decided to eat later.

Tatoeba: Chinese by maxine · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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