饥

饥不择食

jī bù zé shí

when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers

饥寒交迫

jī hán jiāo pò

beset by hunger and cold (idiom)

饥渴

jī kě

hungry and thirsty

饥肠辘辘

jī cháng lù lù

(idiom) stomach rumbling with hunger; very hungry

饥饿

jī è

hunger

饱人不知饿人饥

bǎo rén bù zhī è rén jī

The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).

饱暖思淫欲，饥寒起盗心

bǎo nuǎn sī yín yù , jī hán qǐ dào xīn

lechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold (idiom)

饱汉不知饿汉饥

bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī

The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).

饥荒

jī huāng

crop failure

饥馑荐臻

jī jǐn jiàn zhēn

famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)

充饥

chōng jī

to allay one's hunger

充饥止渴

chōng jī zhǐ kě

to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)