饿鬼 Pronunciation and Pinyin
饿鬼 Usage and Examples
Hungry Ghost
Preta
我就像佛教徒所说的“饿鬼”一样四处游荡：总是专注于即将到来的一咬，而不是嘴里的那一口。
I'd been walking around like what the Buddhists call a hungry ghost: always focused on the bite that was yet to come, not the one in my mouth.
马吕斯象饿鬼似的吃了一顿，给了堂倌六个苏。
Marius ate like an ogre. He gave the waiter six sous.
The characters in 饿鬼
Stroke OrderMore words starting with 饿
- è饿le了hungry, famished
- è饿huài坏le了Starving, Famished
- è饿de得starving, famished
- è饿de得fā发dǒu抖Shaking from hunger, Trembling with hunger
- è饿dé得huāng慌Very hungry, Starving
- è饿sǐ死shì事xiǎo小shī失jié节shì事dà大Better to starve than to lose one's integrity., Loss of integrity is worse than death by starvation.
- è饿piǎo殍starved corpse, famine victim
- è饿láng狼Hungry wolf
- è饿zhe着le了I'm hungry, Feeling hungry
- è饿hǔ虎pū扑shí食bān般like a hungry tiger pouncing, fiercely
- è饿hǔ虎qín擒yáng羊bān般Like a tiger seizing its prey., With predatory swiftness.
- è饿hú虎zǎn攒yáng羊bān般Like a hungry tiger pouncing on a sheep, With predatory eagerness
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Open the tool →Questions about 饿鬼
What does 饿鬼 mean in Chinese?
饿鬼 (è guǐ) means “Hungry Ghost, Preta”.
How do you pronounce 饿鬼?
饿鬼 is pronounced è guǐ in Mandarin Chinese.
How do you say “Hungry Ghost” in Chinese?
“Hungry Ghost” is 饿鬼 (è guǐ) in Chinese.
How is 饿鬼 used in a sentence?
This page has 2 example sentences using 饿鬼, each with pinyin and an English translation.