| 饿 |  è | to be hungry / hungry / to starve (sb) |   |
| 馁 | něi | (bound form) hungry / starving / (bound form) dispirited / (literary) (of fish) putrid | |
| 菜色 | cài sè | dish / lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet) / emaciated look (from malnutrition) | |
| 饿死 | è sǐ | to starve to death / to be very hungry | |
| 饥渴 | jī kě | hungry and thirsty / (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc) | |
| 挨饿 | ái è | to go hungry / to endure starvation / famished | |
| 饿肚子 | è dù zi | to go hungry / to starve | |
| 饿鬼 | è guǐ | sb who is always hungry / glutton / (Buddhism) hungry ghost | |
| 饥不择食 | jī bù zé shí | when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom) / beggars can't be choosers / When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives. | |
| 饿虎扑食 | è hǔ pū shí | like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey | |
| 喝西北风 | hē xī běi fēng | lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom) / cold and hungry | |
| 穷饿 | qióng è | exhausted and hungry | |
| 施食 | shī shí | to give food (as a charity) / "feeding the hungry ghosts" (Buddhist ceremony) | |
| 粮食救济饥民国际协会 | | Food for the Hungry International | |
| 消除饥饿请愿- 10亿人在挨饿 | | Petition to End Hunger - 1 Billion Hungry Campaign / 1 billion hungry Petition to end Hunger | |
| 受冻挨饿 | shòu dòng ái è | to go cold and hungry | |
| 老天爷饿不死瞎家雀 | lǎo tiān yé è bù sǐ xiā jiā què | lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom) / fig. don't give up hope / if you tough it out, there will be light at the end of the tunnel | |
