贪 meaning in English

tān

to have a voracious desire for; to covet

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 貪8 strokes

Meaning of 贪

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Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

人rén拥yōng有yǒu得de愈yù多duō，贪tān念niàn就jiù愈yù大dà。

The more we have, the greater our desire will be.

汤tāng姆mǔ确què实shí贪tān。

Tom certainly is greedy.

贪tān得de无wú厌yàn。

Insatiably greedy.

点diǎn了le这zhè么me多duō甜tián点diǎn还hái是shì不bù满mǎn足zú，真zhēn是shì个gè贪tān吃chī鬼guǐ呢ne。

He ordered so many desserts and still felt unsatisfied. He's such a glutton.

我wǒ不bù贪tān婪lán。

I'm not greedy.

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Words that share a character with 贪.

贪婪	tānlán	avaricious; greedy
贪污	tānwū	to be corrupt; corruption
贪玩儿	tānwánr	erhua variant of 貪玩\|贪玩[tan1 wan2]
贪心	tānxīn	greedy
贪得无厌	tāndéwúyàn	avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
贪欲	tānyù	greed; avarice

What does 贪 mean?

贪 (tān) means "to have a voracious desire for; to covet" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 贪?

贪 is made of 1 character: 贪 (8 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.

Is 贪 an HSK word?

Yes. 贪 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 贪 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 贪 is written 貪.