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): ㄐㄧ ㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ ngo⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kî-ngo
• Eastern Min (BUC): gĭ-ngô̤
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki-gō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jī'è
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ji-è
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-o⁴
    • Yale: jī-è
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieh
    • Palladius: цзиэ (czie)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ˀɤ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei¹ ngo⁶
    • Yale: gēi ngoh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ ngo⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ ngo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ ŋɔː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî-ngo
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi´ ngo
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi¹ ngo⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋo⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gĭ-ngô̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ŋɔ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-gō
    • Tâi-lô: ki-gō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'goi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² ɡo²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ ɡo⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² ɡo²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡo³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡɤ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjij ngaH

Rime
Character	飢	餓
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	居夷切	五个切
Baxter	kjij	ngaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kiɪ/	/ŋɑH/
Pan Wuyun	/ki/	/ŋɑH/
Shao Rongfen	/kjɪ/	/ŋɑH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ki/	/ŋaH/
Li Rong	/ki/	/ŋɑH/
Wang Li	/ki/	/ŋɑH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki/	/ŋɑH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jī	è
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gei1	ngo6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.k<r>ə[j]  ŋˤaj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kril  ŋaːls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	飢	餓
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jī	è
Middle Chinese	‹ kij ›	‹ ngaH ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.k<r>ə[j]/	/*ŋˁaj-s/
English	hungry	hungry
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	飢	餓
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	5757	13044
Phonetic component	几	我
Rime group	脂	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	飢	餓
Old Chinese	/*kril/	/*ŋaːls/

Adjective

飢餓

1. (formal) hungry; starving

   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.

Derived terms

• 飢餓感／饥饿感 (jī'ègǎn)
• 飢餓線／饥饿线 (jī'èxiàn)

 

Related terms

• 饑荒／饥荒 (jīhuāng)

See also

• 餓／饿 (è)
• 飢／饥 (jī)

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
饑餓

Etymology

Middle Chinese 飢餓 (kiɪ ŋɑ^H)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) き​が [kíꜜgà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲiɡa̠]

Noun

飢(き)餓(が) • (kiga) 

1. 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)く飢餓(きが)だった。

     Kūfuku dokoro de wa naku, mattaku kiga datta.

     It was not any mere hunger, it was absolute starvation.

Korean

Hanja in this term
飢	餓

Noun

飢餓 • (gia) (hangeul 기아)

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