piǎo

殍

Character · Noun · Verb

starve to death; corpse of one starved

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

2 senses · 4 examples
1.

noun

corpse of one who died of starvation

literary

Literary term, almost exclusively used in the compound 饿殍 (èpiǎo) or set phrases like 饿殍遍野.

è饿
piǎo殍
biàn遍
yě野
 。

The fields were strewn with the corpses of those who had starved to death.

lù路
yǒu有
è饿
piǎo殍
 。

There were bodies of the starved lying by the roadside.

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lián连
nián年
zhàn战
luàn乱
dǎo导
zhì致
è饿
piǎo殍
zài载
dào道
 。

Years of continuous warfare resulted in roads filled with the corpses of the starved.

2.

verb

to die of starvation; to starve to death

archaic

Archaic verbal usage, rare in modern contexts.

mín民
yǒu有
jī饥
sè色
 ，
yě野
yǒu有
piǎo殍
 。

The people showed signs of hunger, and in the fields lay those who had starved.