Chinese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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貪
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婪
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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tān
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lán
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Middle Chinese
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‹ thom ›
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‹ lom ›
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Old Chinese
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/*r̥ˁ[ə]m/
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/*[r]ˁ[ə]m/
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English
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to covet
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to covet
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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貪
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婪
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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6552
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8160
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Phonetic component
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今
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林
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Rime group
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侵
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侵
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Rime subdivision
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3
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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探
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婪
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Old Chinese
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/*kʰl'uːm/
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/*ɡ·ruːm/
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Adjective[edit]
貪婪
- rapacious; avaricious; greedy; avid
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
“Entry #50959”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.