馋 — Chinese character
馋
chán
greedy, gluttonous; lewd, lecherous
- Pinyin
- chán
- Radical
- 184 ⾷ (Eat)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 饣 兔
- Formation
- pictophonetic — eat; meaning component 饣; sound component 饣
- Traditional
- 饞
Common words with 馋
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 馋嘴 (饞嘴) | chán zuǐ | gluttonous; glutton |
| 解馋 (解饞) | jiě chán | to satisfy one's craving |
| 眼馋 (眼饞) | yǎn chán | to covet; to envy |
| 嘴馋 (嘴饞) | zuǐ chán | gluttonous; ravenous |
| 馋猫 (饞貓) | chán māo | (humorous) person with a strong appetite; greedy eater (used playfully) |
| 馋涎欲滴 (饞涎欲滴) | chán xián yù dī | lit. to drool with desire (idiom); fig. to hunger for |
| 馋鬼 (饞鬼) | chán guǐ | glutton; greedy pig |
| 眼馋肚饱 (眼饞肚飽) | yǎn chán dù bǎo | to have eyes bigger than one's belly (idiom) |
| 贪馋 (貪饞) | tān chán | gluttonous; greedy |
| 馋人 (饞人) | chán rén | to make one's mouth water; appetizing |
| 馋嘴蛙 (饞嘴蛙) | chán zuǐ wā | sautéed bullfrog with chili sauce |
| 馋涎欲垂 (饞涎欲垂) | chán xián yù chuí | see 馋涎欲滴 (chán xián yù dī) |
English words written with 馋
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.