飢餓

See also: 饥饿

Chinese

		hungry	to be hungry; hungry
trad. (飢餓/饑餓)		飢/饑	餓
simp. (饥饿)		饥	饿

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jī'è

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ ngo⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kî-ngo
Min Nan (POJ): ki-gō

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: jī'è
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄜˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ˀɤ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    積惡／积恶
    飢餓／饥饿
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei¹ ngo⁶
  - Yale: gēi ngoh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ ngo⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ ngo⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ ŋɔː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî-ngo
  - Hakka Romanization System: gi´ ngo
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gi¹ ngo⁴
  - IPA: /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋo⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-gō
  - Tâi-lô: ki-gō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ki'goi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² go²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ go⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² go²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ go³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ gɤ³³/

Noun

飢餓

hunger; starvation
飢餓和口渴的問題可以拖延一下。 [MSC, trad.]
饥饿和口渴的问题可以拖延一下。 [MSC, simp.]
Jī'è hé kǒukě de wèntí kěyǐ tuōyán yīxià. [Pinyin]
Hunger and thirst can wait.

Synonyms

饑荒／饥荒 (jīhuāng)
(Min Nan) 枵餓／枵饿

Derived terms

飢餓線／饥饿线 (jī'èxiàn)

Adjective

飢餓

(formal) hungry; starving

See also

餓／饿 (è)
飢／饥 (jī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
飢	餓
き Grade: S	が Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

饑餓

Etymology

Middle Chinese 飢餓

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) きが [kíꜜgà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [kʲiɡa̠]

Noun

飢餓 (hiragana きが, rōmaji kiga)

hunger, starvation, famine
絶 (た)え間 (ま)ない飢 (き)餓 (が)、ウラモグ
Taemanai Kiga, Uramogu
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
- 2016 April 23, “ウラモグの道みち滅ほろぼし [Pathrazer of Ulamog]”, in エルドラージ覚醒 [Eldrazi Awakening], Wizards of the Coast:
  
  飢 (き)餓 (が)以 (い)外 (がい)に思 (し)想 (そう)無 (な)し。破 (は)壊 (かい)以 (い)外 (がい)に戦 (せん)略 (りゃく)無 (な)し。
  Kiga igai ni shisō-nashi. Hakai igai ni senryaku-nashi.
  No thought but hunger. No strategy but destruction.
- 1948, 豊島与志雄, 花ふぶき:
  空腹 (くうふく)どころではなく、全 (まった)く飢 (き)餓 (が)だった。
  Kūfuku dokoro de wa naku, mattaku kiga datta.
  It was not any mere hunger, it was absolute starvation.

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
飢	餓

Noun

飢餓 • (gia) (hangeul 기아)

Hanja form^? of 기아 (“hunger, starvation”).

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