Chinese symbol for “avid”
贪婪
tān lán
Traditional: 貪婪
avaricious; greedy; rapacious; insatiable
The closest CC-CEDICT match for avid is 贪婪 (tān lán), defined as: avaricious; greedy; rapacious; insatiable; avid.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “avid”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贪欲 (貪慾) | tān yù | greed; avarice |
| 巴不能够 (巴不能夠) | bā bù néng gòu | avid; eager for |
| 贪馋 (貪饞) | tān chán | gluttonous; greedy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 贪婪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贪污 (貪污) | tān wū | to be corrupt; corruption |
| 贪腐 (貪腐) | tān fǔ | corruption |
| 贪官 (貪官) | tān guān | corrupt official; grasping functionary |
| 贪心 (貪心) | tān xīn | greedy |
| 贪污腐败 (貪污腐敗) | tān wū fǔ bài | corruption |
| 贪婪无厌 (貪婪無厭) | tān lán wú yàn | avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied |
See also: Japanese symbol for “avid”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.