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贪
貪
tān
1.
to have a voracious desire for
2.
to covet
3.
greedy
4.
corrupt
Very Common • Top 4%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
反贪
fǎntān
anti-corruption (policy)
贪吃
tānchī
gluttonous
贪嘴
tānzuǐ
gluttonous
贪图
tāntú
to covet
贪婪
tānlán
avaricious
贪官
tānguān
corrupt official
贪心
tānxīn
greedy
贪欲
tānyù
greed
贪恋
tānliàn
to cling to
贪杯
tānbēi
to drink in excess
贪求
tānqiú
to avidly seek
贪污
tānwū
corruption
贪渎
tāndú
(of an official) corrupt and negligent of his duty
贪玩
tānwán
to only want to have a good time
贪腐
tānfǔ
corruption
贪色
tānsè
greedy for sex
贪财
tāncái
to be greedy in getting money
贪鄙
tānbǐ
to be avaricious and mean
贪食
tānshí
greedy
反贪污
fǎntānwū
anticorruption
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,873
- Word Frequency Rank
- 3,278 of 84,292