# 贪婪 (tānlán)

In Mandarin Chinese, 贪婪 (tānlán) means “greedy”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: greedy
- Pinyin: tānlán (tan1 lan2)
- Traditional: 貪婪
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 那个贪婪的商人最终失去了一切。
  Nàge tānlán de shāngrén zuìzhōng shīqùle yíqiè.
  That greedy merchant ended up losing everything.

## Characters

- [贪](https://hanziro.com/word/tan-greedy/) (tān): greedy; to covet
- 婪 (lán): avaricious

https://hanziro.com/word/tan-lan-greedy/

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