貪
tān
greedy, covet; covetous
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 貝
- HSK
- —
- Tone
- 1
Simplified form: 贪
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Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 贪, the simplified form of 貪. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.
Example sentences
贪得无厌。
Tān dé wú yàn
Insatiably greedy.
守财奴积聚钱财不是因为他谨慎，而是因为他贪婪。
Shǒu cái nú jī jù qián cái bù shì yīn wèi tā jǐn shèn ér shì yīn wèi tā tān lán
A miser hoards money not because he is prudent but because he is greedy.
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