貪心

See also: 贪心

Chinese

		greedy	heart; mind
trad. (貪心)		貪	心
simp. (贪心)		贪	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tānxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam¹ sam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thâm-sîm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tham-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tānxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tansin
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: tān-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tanshin
    • Palladius: таньсинь (tanʹsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam¹ sam¹
    • Yale: tāam sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam¹ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thâm-sîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: tam^ˊ xim^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tam¹ xim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰam²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tham-sim
    • Tâi-lô: tham-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tamsym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam³³ sim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/

Adjective

貪心

1. greedy

   你這個人太貪心。 [MSC, trad.]
   你这个人太贪心。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ zhè ge rén tài tānxīn. [Pinyin]

   You are too greedy of a person.

Synonyms

• (Sichuan) 盤心／盘心
• (Hakka) 鹹心／咸心

Noun

貪心

1. greed; avarice; rapacity

Synonyms

• 貪念／贪念 (tānniàn)

References

• “Entry #7935”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.