貪
tān HSK7

greedy

贪 (貪) tān
greedy verb
having an excessive or selfish desire for wealth, possessions, or power

做人不能太贪。

zuò​rén bù néng tài tān.

One shouldn't be too greedy.

corrupt measure word
engaging in dishonest or illegal behavior, especially bribery or embezzlement, for personal gain

他因为贪赃枉法，毁掉了自己的前程。

tā yīn​wèi tān zāng wǎng​fǎ, huǐ​diào le zì​jǐ de qián​chéng.

He ruined his future because of corruption and perverting the law.

crave verb
to have a voracious desire for something or to indulge in it excessively

这孩子太贪玩了。

zhè hái​zi tài tān wán le.

This child is far too playful.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,874th most common 42.9 per million
Movie subtitles
2,138th most common 15.5 per million appears in 9% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.03 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
14.1 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Simplified
贪
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+8CAA

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)