Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- tān
English
- greedy, covet
- to have a voracious desire for
- to be greedy; to covet; to wish improperly without bounds
- covetous
- to covet
- to make a choice because; this is often used to explain why a decision is or is not made
- greedy
- to take bribe
- corrupt
粵語
- 想要一啲唔屬於自己嘅嘢
- 用嚟帶出做一個決定嘅原因
- 用唔正當嘅手段收受利益；貪污
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 貪
- 貪污taam1 wu1
to be corrupt
- 貪腐taam1 fu6
corruption
- 貪婪taam1 laam4
avaricious
- 貪官taam1 gun1
corrupt official
- 貪心taam1 sam1
greedy
- 大貪daai6 taam1
greedy; corruption
- 貪錢taam1 cin2
greedy for money
- 貪圖taam1 tou4
to covet
- 貪玩taam1 waan2
to only want to have a good time
- 貪念taam1 nim6
greed
- 貪靚taam1 leng3
liking as of appearance (spoken)
- 貪便宜taam1 pin4 ji2
greed for discounts or small gain (spoken)
- 貪得意taam1 dak1 ji3
(adjective) not serious; for fun; just curious
- 貪色taam1 sik1
greedy for sex
- 貪求taam1 kau4
to pursue greedily
- 貪杯taam1 bui1
to drink in excess
- 貪慾taam1 juk6
greed
- 貪戀taam1 lyun2
to cling to
- 貪口爽taam1 hau2 song2
saying without thinking (spoken)
- 貪饞taam1 caam4
gluttonous
- 肅貪suk1 taam1
to eradicate corruption; to eliminate corruption
- 貪新鮮taam1 san1 sin1
to be neophilic
- 貪小便宜taam1 siu2 pin4 ji2
covet little advantages; to be covetous of small gains
- 貪鄙taam1 pei2
to be avaricious and mean