貪財

Chinese

		greedy	money; wealth; riches money; wealth; riches; property; valuables
trad. (貪財)		貪	財
simp. (贪财)		贪	财

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāncái

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam¹ coi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāncái
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tancái
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan¹-tsʻai²
    • Yale: tān-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tantsair
    • Palladius: таньцай (tanʹcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam¹ coi⁴
    • Yale: tāam chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam¹ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam¹ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/

Verb

貪財

1. to be greedy for money; to be a money-grubber

Synonyms

• (figurative) 鑽錢眼／钻钱眼 (zuān qiányǎn)