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Jyutping laam4
Pinyin lán

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. avaricious
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. avaricious/covetous/greedy/to covet
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    to covet; to be avaricious; to be greedy
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. covet
  2. covetous, avaricious
  3. Cangjie Input
    DDV
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #494
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    守财奴积聚钱财不是因为他谨慎,而是因为他贪婪。
    守財奴積聚錢財不是因為他謹慎,而是因為他貪婪。
    shǒu cái nú jī jù qián cái bú shi yīn wèi tā jǐn shèn , ér shì yīn wèi tā tān lán 。
    • A miser hoards money not because he is prudent but because he is greedy.
  2. Mandarin
    这世上有人如此贪婪,以至于除非上帝以面包的形式出现在他的面前,他是看不到上帝的。
    這世上有人如此貪婪,以至於除非上帝以麪包的形式出現在他的面前,他是看不到上帝的。
    zhè shì shàng yǒu rén rú cǐ tān lán , yǐ zhì yú chú fēi shàng dì yǐ miàn bāo de xíng shì chū xiàn zài tā de miàn qián , tā shì kàn bù dào shàng dì de 。
    • There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
  3. Mandarin
    我不贪婪。
    我不貪婪。
    wǒ bù tān lán 。
    • I'm not greedy.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    有人话,人性中最应受鞭挞嘅系贪婪。
    有人話,人性中最應受鞭撻嘅係貪婪。
    jau5 jan4 waa6, jan4 sing3 zung1 zeoi3 jing1 sau6 bin1 taat3 ge3 hai6 taam1 laam4.
    • Some say that greed is the most condemnable aspect of human nature.
  2. Cantonese
    婪劣无耻之徒
    婪劣無耻之徒
    laam4 lyut3 mou4 ci2 zi1 tou4.
    • Greedy and shameless person
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    你们岂不知不义的人不能承受神的国吗?不要自欺!无论是淫乱的、拜偶像的、奸淫的、作娈童的、亲男色的、偷窃的、贪婪的、醉酒的、辱骂的、勒索的,都不能承受神的国。
    你們豈不知不義的人不能承受神的國嗎?不要自欺!無論是淫亂的、拜偶像的、姦淫的、作孌童的、親男色的、偷竊的、貪婪的、醉酒的、辱罵的、勒索的,都不能承受神的國。
    nǐ men qǐ bù zhī bù yì de rén bù néng chéng shòu shén de guó ma ? bù yào zì qī ! wú lùn shì yín luàn de , bài ǒu xiàng de , jiān yín de , zuò luán tóng de , qīn nán sè de , tōu qiè de , tān lán de , zuì jiǔ de , rǔ mà de , lè suǒ de , dōu bù néng chéng shòu shén de guó .
    • Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.