English
- thirsty, parched
- thirsty
- (verb) 1. Look for (something eagerly); 2. Crave
- yearn, pine
- thirsty
粵語
- 口乾，想飲水
As a component in
Words containing 渴
- 口渴hau2 hot3
thirsty
- 渴望hot3 mong6
to thirst for
- 渴求hot3 kau4
to long for
- 飢渴gei1 hot3
hungry and thirsty
- 渴市hot3 si5
a situation where demand exceeds supply
- 解渴gaai2 hot3
to quench
- 頸渴geng2 hot3
(adjective) thirsty
- 饑渴gei1 hot3
hunger and thirst
- 作渴zok3 hot3
Thirsty
- 乾渴gon1 hot3
parched
- 消渴siu1 hot3
condition characterized by thirst, hunger, frequent urination and weight loss, identified in TCM with type 2 diabetes
- 止渴zi2 hot3
to quench one's thirst
- 渴慕hot3 mou6
to thirst for
- 渴仰hot3 joeng5
to admire; to think highly of
- 飲鴆止渴jam2 zam6 zi2 hot3
lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom)
- 渴念hot3 nim6
to yearn after; to long for
- 渴嘢git6 je5
- 臨渴掘井lam4 hot3 gwat6 zeng2
lit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty
- 渴不可耐hot3 bat1 ho2 noi6
to be so thirsty as to no longer be able to tolerate it
- 求才若渴kau4 coi4 joek6 hot3
to thirst for talents; to be eager to seek talents
- 臨渴穿井lam4 hot3 cyun1 zeng2
lit. face thirst and dig a well (idiom); fig. not to make adequate provision
- 望梅止渴mong6 mui4 zi2 hot3
lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom)
- 求賢若渴kau4 jin4 joek6 hot3
(idiom) to eagerly seek talented people
- 如飢似渴jyu4 gei1 ci5 hot3
to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly