饿餓 è — hungry
è (fourth tone, falling)e4
Traditional: 餓
hungry
HSK 3· HSK 1–4 (classic)adjective
Meanings
hungry
Hungry. Chinese treats it as an adjective, so "I am hungry" is 我饿了 — no verb "to have", and the 了 marks that the state has come about.
adjective
Example sentences
- 我饿了，我们去吃饭吧。我餓了，我們去吃飯吧。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) è (fourth tone, falling) le, (neutral tone) wǒmen (third tone, dipping) qù (fourth tone, falling) chī (first tone, high and level) fàn (fourth tone, falling) ba. (neutral tone)···
I’m hungry — let’s go and eat.
- 他早上没吃饭，现在很饿。他早上沒吃飯，現在很餓。Tā (first tone, high and level) zǎoshang (third tone, dipping) méi (second tone, rising) chī (first tone, high and level) fàn, (fourth tone, falling) xiànzài (fourth tone, falling) hěn (third tone, dipping) è. (fourth tone, falling)···
He didn’t eat this morning, so he’s very hungry now.
Common mistakes
Not quite我有饿。
Correct我饿了。
饿 is an adjective, not a noun, so it needs no 有. Say 我饿了 when the hunger has set in, or 我很饿 to state the degree.