jī huāng

Traditional: 饑荒

饥荒 (jī huāng) is a Chinese word meaning “crop failure; famine; debt”.

Meanings

  1. 1crop failure
  2. 2famine
  3. 3debt
  4. 4difficulty

Characters in 饥荒

饥jī · (bound form) hungry荒huāng · desolate

Related words

荒谬absurd; ridiculous荒唐beyond belief饥饿hunger饥渴hungry and thirsty荒野wilderness荒诞beyond belief荒废to abandon (cultivated fields)荒地wasteland荒凉desolate荒岛barren or uninhabited island饥(bound form) hungry饥variant of 飢|饥[ji1]

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