Chinese symbol for “eagerly”
如饥似渴
rú jī sì kě
Traditional: 如飢似渴
to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly; to long for sth
The closest CC-CEDICT match for eagerly is 如饥似渴 (rú jī sì kě), defined as: to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly; to long for sth.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “eagerly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 竞相 (競相) | jìng xiāng | competitive; eagerly |
| 津津有味 | jīn jīn yǒu wèi | with keen interest (idiom); with great pleasure |
| 切切 | qiè qiè | urgently; eagerly |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 如饥似渴.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 如何 | rú hé | how; what way |
| 如此 | rú cǐ | like this; so; such |
| 例如 | lì rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 比如 | bǐ rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 如今 | rú jīn | nowadays; now |
| 饥饿 (飢餓) | jī è | hunger; starvation |
| 饥荒 (饑荒) | jī huāng | crop failure; famine |
| 类似 (類似) | lèi sì | similar; analogous |
| 渴望 | kě wàng | to thirst for; to long for |
See also: Japanese symbol for “eagerly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.