饿 (è) – Word of the Day | Toronto Chinese Academy
Learn the Mandarin word “饿 (è)” — meaning hungry or starving. Includes pinyin, English definition, practical example sentences, and easily confused characters.
Simplified： 饿
Pinyin： è
Traditional： 餓
hungry
to starve
Examples:
1,
我饿了，想吃点东西。
I’m hungry and want to eat something.
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2,
那只小猫看起来很饿。
That little cat looks very hungry.
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3,
他工作太忙，常常忘记吃饭，结果饿坏了。
He’s so busy at work that he often forgets to eat and ends up starving.
Visually Similar / Easily Confused Characters
我 (wǒ) → I, me
俄 (é) → Russia, Russian
鹅 (é) → goose
哦 (ó/ò) → oh (interjection)
At Toronto Chinese Academy, we make words like “饿” easy to learn with pinyin, clear meanings, and practice sentences, while also helping you tell them apart from similar-looking characters.