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馁

něi

Character Traditional 餒

What 馁 means

1. bound formhungry; starving
2. bound formdispirited
3. literary(of fish) putrid

Example sentences

• 玛丽告诉我她不气馁。
  Mǎlì gàosu wǒ tā bù qìněi.
  Mary told me she wasn't discouraged.
• 别气馁，继续写作吧。
  Bié qìněi, jìxù xiězuò ba.
  Keep a good heart and go on writing.

Words containing 馁

• 气馁qì něito be discouraged
• 自馁zì něito lose confidence; to be disheartened
• 胜不骄，败不馁shèng bù jiāo , bài bù něino arrogance in victory, no despair in defeat

Characters that look like 馁

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 馆guǎnbuilding; shop; term for certain service establishments
• 悄qiāoused in 悄悄
• 悟wùto comprehend; to apprehend; to become aware
• 恪kèrespectful; scrupulous
• 恬tiánquiet; calm; tranquil
• 恃shì(bound form) to rely on; (literary) one's mother

Sounds the same

Read něi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 哪which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)