| 忍 |
rěn jī ái è | starving / famished |
| 忍 |
rěn | to bear / to endure / to tolerate / to restrain oneself |
| 饥 |
jī | (bound form) hungry |
| 饥 |
jī | variant of 饥 |
| 挨 |
āi | in order; in sequence / close to; adjacent to |
| 挨 |
ái | to suffer; to endure / to pull through (hard times) / to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle |
| 挨 |
ái è | to go hungry / to endure starvation / famished |
| 饿 |
è | hungry / to starve (sb) |