tham tàn
Pronunciation
Northern
/tʰaːm˧˧ ta̤ːn˨˩/
Central
/tʰaːm˧˥ taːŋ˧˧/
Southern
/tʰaːm˧˧ taːŋ˨˩/
greedy and cruel
Adjective
greedy and cruel
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Adjective
greedy and cruel
Being both excessively greedy and extremely cruel in one's actions.
vi Vị vua đó rất tham tàn đối với dân chúng.
en That king was very greedy and cruel toward the people.
Parts
tham / tàn / 貪殘
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Parts
tham / tàn / 貪殘
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
貪殘
Candidates by syllable
tham
貪
tàn
殘（傘 / 𦅮）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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Use
tham gia / tham chiến / tham số / phương trình tham số …
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Use
tham gia / tham chiến / tham số / phương trình tham số …