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贪

tān

HSK 6 Character Traditional 貪

What 贪 means

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

Example sentences

• 我不贪婪。
  Wǒ bù tānlán.
  I'm not greedy.
• 贪得无厌。
  Tāndéwúyàn.
  Insatiably greedy.
• 汤姆确实贪。
  Tom certainly is greedy.
• 汤姆确实是贪心的。
  Tāngmǔ quèshí shì tānxīn de.
  Tom certainly is greedy.
• 人拥有得愈多，贪念就愈大。
  The more we have, the greater our desire will be.
• 点了这么多甜点还是不满足，真是个贪吃鬼呢。
  You ordered so many desserts and still felt unsatisfied. You're such a glutton.

Words starting with 贪

• 贪婪tān lánavaricious; greedy; rapacious
• 贪污tān wūto be corrupt; corruption; to embezzle
• 贪官tān guāncorrupt official; grasping functionary; greedy mandarin
• 贪心tān xīngreedy
• 贪玩tān wánto only want to have a good time; to just want to have fun, and to shy away from…
• 贪图tān túto covet; to seek (riches, fame)
• 贪官污吏tān guān wū lìgrasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
• 贪吃tān chīgluttonous; voracious
• 贪欲tān yùgreed; avarice; rapacious
• 贪恋tān liànto cling to; to be reluctant to give up (sth); to have a fondness for (an indulgence etc)
• 贪得无厌tān dé wú yànavaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
• 贪财tān cáito be greedy in getting money
• 贪占tān zhànto misappropriate
• 贪嘴tān zuǐgluttonous
• 贪念tān niàngreed
• 贪杯tān bēito drink in excess
• 贪求tān qiúto pursue greedily; to crave
• 贪腐tān fǔcorruption
• 贪色tān sègreedy for sex; given to lust for women
• 贪食tān shígluttonous; greedy
• 贪吃鬼tān chī guǐglutton; chowhound
• 贪天之功tān tiān zhī gōngto claim credit for other people's achievements (idiom)
• 贪小失大tān xiǎo shī dàpenny wise and pound foolish (idiom)
• 贪心不足tān xīn bù zúavaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied

Words containing 贪

• 起早贪黑qǐ zǎo tān hēito be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
• 反贪fǎn tānanti-corruption (policy)
• 反贪污fǎn tān wūanticorruption
• 反贪腐fǎn tān fǔanti-corruption
• 好酒贪杯hào jiǔ tān bēifond of the bottle (idiom)
• 桀贪骜诈jié tān ào zhàbrutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)

Characters that look like 贪

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

• 责zéduty; responsibility; to reproach
• 贫pínpoor; inadequate; deficient
• 肯kěnto agree; to consent; to be willing to
• 贡gòngto offer tribute; tribute; gifts
• 贵guìexpensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank
• 贲bēnenergetic

Sounds the same

Read tān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 滩beach; shoal; rapids
• 摊to spread out; vendor's stand
• 瘫paralyzed
• 坍to collapse
• 怹he; she; (courteous, as opposed to 他
• 啴used in 啴啴