貪 tān

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Traditional form

貪 tān

Contains the radical

貝 bèi

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

money

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿱今貝

Semantic compound

貝 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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Explore 23 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 貪 tān in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
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