貪 (tān)
greedy/to covet
How 貪 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 人 — human
- Traditional
- 貪
- Simplified
- 贪
Common words using 貪
- 貪婪 tānlán
- avaricious; greedy; rapacious
- 貪官 tānguān
- corrupt official; grasping functionary; greedy mandarin
- 貪心 tānxīn
- greedy
- 貪吃 tānchī
- gluttonous; voracious
- 貪圖 tāntú
- to covet; to seek (riches, fame)
- 貪慾 tānyù
- greed; avarice; rapacious
- 貪戀 tānliàn
- to cling to
- 貪杯 tānbēi
- to drink in excess
- 貪污 tānwū
- corruption
- 貪玩 tānwán
- to only want to have a good time; to just want to have fun, and to shy away from self-discipline
- 貪腐 tānfǔ
- corruption
- 貪財 tāncái
- to be greedy in getting money
貪 in a sentence
做人不要貪小便宜。
Zuòrén búyào tān xiǎopiányí.
“Don't be greedy for small gains.”
How common is 貪?
貪 is the 1,871st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96.6% of all running text.
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