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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
tān - to have a voracious desire for
- to covet
- greedy
- corrupt

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 8 14,345 6,891 4,602

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Money

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
贪婪 6 7 5,285 12,892 7,524
贪心 - - 12,431 17,059 7,194
- 8 14,345 6,891 4,602
贪污 6 8 14,420 7,040 9,035
贪得无厌 - - 21,596 53,293 38,024
贪吃 - - 21,729 32,307 15,482
贪欲 - - 24,073 37,103 22,658
贪图 - - 25,024 21,437 16,133
贪财 - - 36,618 42,903 25,240
贪恋 - - 36,843 45,046 25,537
贪生怕死 - - 40,602 58,679 55,790
贪赃枉法 - - 45,017 53,660 65,033
贪官 - - 45,387 11,756 6,545
贪杯 - - 53,377 64,084 33,517
起早贪黑 - - 56,568 47,830 35,939
贪求 - - 60,451 92,218 50,935
贪官污吏 - - 67,405 43,764 26,985
贪嘴 - - 75,496 82,864 41,816
贪污腐化 - - 82,140 64,410 69,197
反贪 - - 86,943 - -
贪婪无厌 - - 88,958 - -