贪 (貪) tān

  1. tān verb to be greedy; to lust after
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '貪'; Guoyu '貪' v 1; Kroll 2015 '貪' 1, p. 4411; Unihan '貪'; XHZD '贪', p. 726)
  2. tān verb to embezzle; to graft
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '貪' v 2; XHZD '贪' 2, p. 726)
  3. tān verb to prefer
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '貪' 2, p. 441)
  4. tān verb to search for; to seek
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 探 (Guoyu '貪' v 3; Kroll 2015 '貪' 3, p. 44)
  5. tān adjective corrupt
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '貪'; Guoyu '貪' adj)

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