饿 è hungryto starve (sb) Example sentences 我不怎么饿。 wǒ bù zěnme è. I am not so hungry 他吃了好几个蛋糕了,他可能很饿。 tā chī le hǎo jǐ gè dàngāo le, tā kěnéng hěn è. He has eaten several pieces of cake, he might be really hungry