Taxonomy of meanings for 飢:　　

  • 飢 jī (OC: kril MC: ki) 居夷切 平 廣韻：【飢餓也又姓左傳殷人七族有飢氏居夷切四 】
    • (individual)>HUNGRY
      • nabeventhunger; famine; ERYA, perhaps implausibly: specifically famine on the grounds of failure of grain harvest; also: artificially induced hunger
      • nabstativestate of being hungry, need for nourishment
      • vadNfamished; suffering from famine
      • vigo very hungry, not have enough to eat; suffer famine, be starving
      • vtoNcausativestarve (oneself)
      • vtoNfigurative"hunger" after N
      • v[adN]N=hum; non-referentialthe famished
      • vtoNcausativecause to go hungry; cause to starveCH
      • vt+prep+Nfigurative: "hunger" after NTWH
      • nab[.post-N]oneself going hungryCH
      • social>HUNGRY
        • nabeventhunger; famine; ERYA, perhaps implausibly: specifically famine on the grounds of failure of grain harvest; also: artificially induced hunger
        • nabstativestate of being hungry, need for nourishment
        • vadNfamished; suffering from famine
        • vigo very hungry, not have enough to eat; suffer famine, be starving
        • vtoNcausativestarve (oneself)
        • vtoNfigurative"hunger" after N
        • v[adN]N=hum; non-referentialthe famished
        • vtoNcausativecause to go hungry; cause to starveCH
        • vt+prep+Nfigurative: "hunger" after NTWH
        • nab[.post-N]oneself going hungryCH
    • STATES

      Additional information about 飢

      說文解字: 【飢】，餓也。从食、几聲。 【居夷切】

        Criteria
      • HUNGRY

        1. The most common current and general word for insufficiency of food supplies is probably jī 飢 (ant. bǎo 飽 "have eaten enough"), and this word refers to any such insufficiency, temporary or lasting, serious or minor. Presumably, the word can also refer to insufficiency of food among animals.

        2. È 餓 refers to famine as a serious condition threatening the lives of the persons involved.

        3. Jǐn 殣 refers to serious famine often resulting in death.

        4. Jī 饑 (NOT ANCIENTLY HOMOPHONOUS WITH 飢 in ancient Chinese), and the rarer jín 饉 as well as the very rare qiàn 歉 refer to insufficiency of food as a result of bad harvest.

        5. Něi 餒 refers to the state of being hungry in an individual, and at a certain time.

        Word relations
      • Result: (HUNGRY)死/DIE The dominant general word is sǐ 死 (ant. shēng 生"be alive"), and this can refer to the death of plants as well as animals or men.
      • Ant: (HUNGRY)飽/EAT Bǎo 飽 refers specifically to eating enough or having eaten enough and is most current as an intransitive verb.
      • Assoc: (HUNGRY)耗/POOR
      • Assoc: (HUNGRY)寒/COLD The standard current word referring to coldness is hán 寒 (ant. standardly shǔ 暑, but also wēn 溫, rè 熱 "warm").
      • Assoc: (HUNGRY)饑/HUNGRY Jī 饑 (NOT ANCIENTLY HOMOPHONOUS WITH 飢 in ancient Chinese), and the rarer jín 饉 as well as the very rare qiàn 歉 refer to insufficiency of food as a result of bad harvest.
      • Assoc: (HUNGRY)饉/HUNGRY Jǐn 殣 refers to serious famine often resulting in death.
      • Oppos: (HUNGRY)渴/THIRSTY The dominant general word fir thirstiness is kě 渴.