饿死

餓死

èsǐ

verb

Meanings

1 to starve to death
2 to be starving

Characters

hungry; to starve

Examples

HSK 2

我快饿死了，我们去吃饭吧！

Wǒ kuài èsǐ le, wǒmen qù chīfàn ba!

I'm starving, let's go and eat!

HSK 7-9

那年闹饥荒，很多人饿死了。

Nà nián nào jīhuāng, hěnduō rén èsǐ le.

That year there was a famine, and many people starved to death.

Tips

usage

Most of the time 饿死 is an exaggeration: 饿死我了! 'I'm starving!'. The same 死 'to death' boosts many feelings: 累死 exhausted, 热死 boiling hot, 气死 furious.

Stroke Order

饿 è

死 sǐ