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婪

lán

HSK 6 Character

What 婪 means

1. avaricious

Other readings

婪 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• lánold variant of {婪|lán}

Example sentences

• 我不贪婪。
  Wǒ bù tānlán.
  I'm not greedy.
• 守财奴积聚钱财不是因为他谨慎，而是因为他贪婪。
  Shǒucáinú jījù qiáncái bù shì yīnwèi tā jǐnshèn, érshì yīnwèi tā tānlán.
  A miser hoards money not because he is prudent but because he is greedy.

Words containing 婪

• 贪婪tān lánavaricious; greedy; rapacious
• 贪婪无厌tān lán wú yànavaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied

Characters built on 林

These share the phonetic component 林 (lín), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 梵Fànabbr. for 梵教; abbr. for Sanskrit 梵语; abbr. for 梵蒂冈
• 潸shāntearfully

Characters that look like 婪

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 登dēngto scale (a height); to ascend; to mount
• 替tìto substitute for; to take the place of; to replace
• 脊jǐ(bound form) spine; backbone; (bound form) ridge
• 彗huìbroom
• 掺chānto mix; to blend; to dilute; to adulterate
• 娑suō(phonetic); see 婆娑

Sounds the same

Read lán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 篮basket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)
• 蓝blue; indigo plant
• 拦to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)
• 栏fence; railing; hurdle
• 兰orchid (兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (兰草 Eupatorium fortunei)…
• 岚(bound form) mountain mist
• 澜swelling water
• 阑railing; balustrade; door-screen
• 斓used in 斑斓
• 镧lanthanum (chemistry)
• 褴used in 褴褛
• 谰to make a false charge