tān

greedy; to covet; to have a voracious desire for

HSK 6 #1874

Character data

HSK 6
Frequency 1874th character
Radical ⾙ (154.4)
Strokes 8
Index # 1176
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

贪 tān
  1. 1. greedy
  2. 2. to covet
  3. 3. to have a voracious desire for
  4. 4. corrupt

Stroke order

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Words containing 贪

Word Meaning
greedy; insatiable; avaricious
corruption; to embezzle; to be corrupt
greedy
greedy and never satisfied
gluttonous; voracious
greed; avarice; avid
to covet; to seek (riches, fame)
to be reluctant to give up (sth); to cling to
to be greedy in getting money
cowardly; cling to life and fear death
corrupt official; grasping functionary; greedy mandarin
take bribes; abuse the law
to drink in excess
to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
corrupt officials; graft and abuse
to pursue greedily; to crave
anti-corruption (policy)
gluttonous
greedy and never satisfied
anticorruption
anti-corruption
fond of the bottle (idiom)
brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)
to misappropriate
glutton
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