tham ô
Pronunciation
Northern
/tʰaːm˧˧ o˧˧/
Central
/tʰaːm˧˥ o˧˥/
Southern
/tʰaːm˧˧ o˧˧/
to embezzle
2 senses
2 meanings
2 Components
Verb
to embezzle
Noun
corruption
Details
2 senses · 2 meanings
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Details
2 senses · 2 meanings
to embezzle
Sense 1
Verb
to embezzle
Politics & Institutions
The act of illegally misappropriating public funds or engaging in corrupt activities.
vi Ông ta bị bắt vì tội tham ô công quỹ.
en He was arrested for the crime of embezzling public funds.
corruption
Sense 1
Noun
corruption
The abuse of authority to misappropriate collective funds or valuable property.
vi Chính phủ đang nỗ lực đẩy lùi nạn tham ô.
en The government is working to push back corruption.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
貪污
Candidates by syllable
tham
貪
ô
污（烏 / 嗚 / 杇）
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.