饿

Meanings

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *hraw): semantic 木 + phonetic 号 (OC *ɦlaːws). Substrate word, possibly from a Tai-Kadai language. Compare Thai หิว (hǐu, “hungry”).

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Components

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Example sentences

• 我好饿。

  I'm very hungry.

• 我很饿。

  I was quite hungry.

• 我很饿。

  I was very hungry.

• 汤姆很饿。

  Tom got very hungry.

• 我真是饿了。

  I was pretty hungry.

• 我还饿着呢。

  I'm still hungry.

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