餓〔饿〕 ngo⁶ {è}

hunger

餓〔饿〕 ngo⁶ {è}

1. to be hungry
2. hungry

餓狼〔饿-〕 ngo⁶ long⁴ {è láng}

literally: 'a hungry wolf', describes someone who is rapacious / avaricious

餓鬼〔饿-〕 ngo⁶ gwai² {è guǐ}

1. sb who is always hungry
2. glutton
3. (Buddhism) hungry ghost

餓殍〔饿-〕 ngo⁶ piu⁵ {è piǎo}

starving people

餓莩〔饿-〕 ngo⁶ piu⁵ {è piǎo}

starving people

餓死〔饿-〕 ngo⁶ sei² {è sǐ}

1. to starve to death
2. to be very hungry

餓過飢〔饿过饥〕 ngo⁶ gwo³ gei¹ {è guò jī}

too hungry

餓肚子〔饿--〕 ngo⁶ tou⁵ zi² {è dù zi}

1. to go hungry
2. to starve

餓狗搶屎〔饿-抢-〕 ngo⁶ gau² coeng² si² {è gǒu qiǎng shǐ}

people scrambling for things (slang)

餓鬼投胎〔饿---〕 ngo⁶ gwai² tau⁴ toi¹ {è guǐ tóu tāi}

eating with no manners, large mouthfuls and too quickly (slang)

餓莩遍野〔饿---〕 ngo⁶ piu⁵ pin³ je⁵ {è piǎo biàn yě}

starving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine

餓殍載道〔饿-载-〕 ngo⁶ piu⁵ zoi³ dou⁶ {è piǎo zài dào}

starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine

餓莩載道〔饿-载-〕 ngo⁶ piu⁵ zoi³ dou⁶ {è piǎo zài dào}

starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine

餓死老婆燻臭屋〔饿---熏--〕 ngo⁶ sei² lou⁵ po⁴ fan¹ cau³ uk¹ {è sǐ lǎo po xūn chòu wū}

a man who isn't capable of raising his families