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贪 tān

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贪 tān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tān | tan1
English translation
to have a voracious desire for
to covet
greedy
corrupt
greedy, covetous; corrupt

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About 贪 tān

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

貪 tān

Contains the radical

贝 Bèi

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

money

Etymology of 贪 tān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿱今贝

Semantic compound

贝 Bèi

Phonetic compound

今 jīn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 Bèi represents the meaning and 今 jīn represents the sound. Simplified form of 貪 tān .

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Example sentences using 贪 tān

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那个 nà ge 饿 è 汉 Hàn 贪婪 tānlán 地 de 把 bǎ 食物 shíwù 投入 tóurù 口中.

The hungry man greedily shovelled the food into his mouth.

那 Nā 个 gè 警察 jǐngchá 贪赃受贿 shòu huì ,以 yǐ 饱 bǎo 私囊 sī náng .

The policeman has lined his pockets by taking bribes.

他 tā 像 xiàng 猪 zhū 一样 yīyàng 贪婪 tānlán .

He is greedy like a hog.

他 tā 不 bù 饿 è , 只是 zhǐ shì 贪吃 tān chī 而已 éryǐ .

He's not hungry; he's just greedy.

这 zhè 男孩 nán hái 并 bìng 不 bù 饿 è , 不过 bùguò 是 shì 贪嘴 tān zuǐ 罢了 bà le .

The boy is not hungry, but just greedy.

Words with 贪 tān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
贪婪 tānlán avaricious貪婪
贪 tān to covet貪 tān
贪污 tānwū to be corrupt貪污
贪心 tān xīn greedy貪心
贪官 tān guān corrupt official貪官
贪图 tān tú to covet貪圖
贪吃 tān chī gluttonous貪吃
贪得无厌 tān dé wú yàn avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied貪得無厭
贪欲 tān yù greed貪慾
贪玩 tān wán to only want to have a good time貪玩
贪财 tān cái to be greedy in getting money貪財
贪恋 tān liàn to cling to貪戀
贪生怕死 tān shēng pà sǐ clinging abjectly to life貪生怕死
贪官污吏 tān guān wū lì grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption貪官污吏
贪赃枉法 tān zāng wǎng fǎ corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law貪贓枉法
起早贪黑 qǐ zǎo tān hēi to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late起早貪黑
贪杯 tān bēi to drink in excess貪杯
贪求 tān qiú to crave貪求
贪嘴 tān zuǐ gluttonous貪嘴
贪色 tān sè greedy for sex貪色
贪心不足 tān xīn bù zú avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied貪心不足
贪鄙 tān bǐ to be avaricious and mean貪鄙
贪多嚼不烂 tān duō jiáo bù làn to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)貪多嚼不爛

贪 tān Decomposition & Compounds

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贪 tān Decomposition

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