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餓
ngo6
Mandarin: e4
Simplified: 饿
Definitions
  1. 1 to be hungry
  2. 2 hungry
  3. 3 to be greedy for
  4. 4 # adapted from cc-cedict
Words containing 餓
挨餓
ngaai4 ngo6
go hungry; be starved; suffer from hunger; go without food
餓過飢
ngo6 gwo3 gei1
too hungry
色中餓鬼
sik1 zung1 ngo6 gwai2
a sex maniac [colloquial]
餓死老婆燻臭屋
ngo6 sei2 lou5 po4 fan1 cau3 uk1
a man who isn't capable of raising his families
餓殍
ngo6 piu5
corpses of the starved; (dead) bodies of the starved
頂肚餓
ding2 tou5 ngo6
to satisfy one's hunger temporarily
餓狼
ngo6 long4
avaricious | literally: 'a hungry wolf', describes someone who is rapacious
餓死老婆瘟臭屋
ngo6 sei2 lou5 po4 wan1 cau3 uk1
to be unable to earn enough money to feed one's wife [colloquial]
餓鬼
ngo6 gwai2
ghoul; (abusive) an overgreedy person
飢餓
gei1 ngo6
hungry; starving; to starve; hunger; starvation | [粵]: 餓, 肚餓
窮餓
kung4 ngo6
exhausted and hungry
饑餓
gei1 ngo6
hunger; starvation
餓狗搶屎
ngo6 gau2 coeng2 si2
people scrambling for things (slang)
捱餓
ngaai4 ngo6
to endure hunger
餓死老婆薰臭屋
ngo6 sei2 lou5 po4 fan1 cau3 uk1
to be unable to earn enough money to feed one's wife [colloquial]
餓鬼投胎
ngo6 gwai2 tau4 toi1
eating with no manners, large mouthfuls and too quickly (slang)
肚餓
tou5 ngo6
hungry
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