饿

• 拼音: è
• 汉字拆解: 饿 = 饣(food) + 我 (I, phonetic) — hunger, related to food

含义

Hungry; to be hungry. Describes the physical feeling of needing food.

Used both as an adjective (我很饿, I'm very hungry) and a verb (饿了, became hungry). Common expressions: 饿死了 (starving, exaggeration), 饿肚子 (go hungry). Opposite is 饱 (full).

例句

1. 我饿了，我们去吃饭吧。
2. 你饿不饿？
3. 我早上没吃饭，现在很饿。

用法指南

语境: food, everyday

语气: casual

正确说法

• 我好饿啊！(I'm so hungry!)
• 你饿了吗？(Are you hungry?)

错误说法

• 我是饿 (Don't use 是 with adjectives — say 我很饿 or 我饿了)

起源与历史

Composed of 饣(food radical, simplified from 食) and 我 (I, phonetic) — a feeling related to food, with 我 providing the pronunciation.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal