饑荒 [饥－]

Jyutping gei1 fong1
Pinyin jī huang

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, literally
    famine; crop failure
  2. noun, colloquial, figuratively
    financial difficulty
  3. noun, colloquial, figuratively
    debt
    (syn.) 债务, 債務

饑荒 [饥－]

Jyutping gei1 fong1
Pinyin jī huāng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. crop failure
  2. famine
  3. debt
  4. difficulty
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    好多​人長​時間​缺乏​糧​食​嘅​現​象​（​量​詞​：​次​／​場​）
    hunger; famine
    • 農作物失收導致飢荒。
      农作物失收导致饥荒。
      nung4 zok3 mat6 sat1 sau1 dou6 zi3 gei1 fong1.
      Crop failure results in famine.
  2. 參看
    飢荒
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, literally
    famine; crop failure
  2. noun, colloquial, figuratively
    financial difficulty
  3. noun, colloquial, figuratively
    debt
    (syn.) 债务, 債務
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    在过去一个相当长的时期里，社会都是等级制度森严并且极度不公的，做为社会阶级中最大一部分的贫农常常被赋税，战争，饥荒压得喘不过气来，痛苦不堪。
    在過去一個相當長的時期裏，社會都是等級制度森嚴並且極度不公的，做為社會階級中最大一部分的貧農常常被賦税，戰爭，饑荒壓得喘不過氣來，痛苦不堪。
    zài guò qù yí gè xiāng dāng zhǎng de shí qī lǐ ， shè huì dōu shì děng jí zhì dù sēn yán bìng qiě jí dù bù gōng de ， zuò wéi shè huì jiē jí zhōng zuì dà yī bù fen de pín nóng cháng cháng bèi fù shuì ， zhàn zhēng ， jī huāng yā dé chuǎn bu guò qì lái ， tòng kǔ bù kān 。
    • For a long time, society was strongly hierarchical and unequal, primarily composed of peasants. The most backward, impoverished segment of the population, they were crushed by the weight of taxes, wars, and famines.
  2. Mandarin
    斯蒂芬·奥布莱恩，联合国负责人道主义事务副秘书长兼紧急救济协调员，声称在也门、索马里、南苏丹和尼日利亚，超过2000万人面临饥荒的威胁。
    斯蒂芬·奧布萊恩，聯合國負責人道主義事務副秘書長兼緊急救濟協調員，聲稱在也門、索馬里、南蘇丹和尼日利亞，超過2000萬人面臨饑荒的威脅。
    sī dì fēn · ào bù lái ēn ， lián hé guó fù zé rén dào zhǔ yì shì wù fù mì shū zhǎng jiān jǐn jí jiù jì xié tiáo yuán ， shēng chēng zài yě mén 、 suǒ mǎ lǐ 、 nán sū dān hé ní rì lì yà ， chāo guò 2000 wàn rén miàn lín jī huāng de wēi xié 。
    • Stephen O'Brien, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, has said that more than 20 million people faced the threat of starvation and famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria.