Chinese symbol for “gluttony”
馋痨
chán láo
Traditional: 饞癆
gluttony
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gluttony is 馋痨 (chán láo), defined as: gluttony.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 馋痨.
| 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 |
| 肺痨 (肺癆) | fèi láo | tuberculosis |
| 痨病 (癆病) | láo bìng | tuberculosis (TCM) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gluttony”.
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.