貪心 [贪－]

Jyutping taam1 sam1
Pinyin tān xīn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. greedy
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    有過​多​嘅​慾​望​；​想​擁有​啲​唔​屬​於​自己​嘅​嘢
    greedy; avaricious
    • 佢一時貪心偷咗人哋枝筆。
      佢一时贪心偷咗人哋枝笔。
      keoi5 jat1 si4 taam1 sam1 tau1 zo2 jan4 dei6 zi1 bat1
      Because of a moment of greed, he stole another person's pen.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    greedy
    (syn.) 鹹心, 盘心, 盤心, 咸心
    • 你這個人太貪心。
      你这个人太贪心。
      nǐ zhè ge rén tài tān xīn ．
      You are too greedy of a person.
  2. noun
    greed; avarice; rapacity
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    唔好咁贪心啦。
    唔好咁貪心啦。
    m4 hou3 gam3 taam1 sam1 laa1 。
    • Don't be greedy.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    呢个故事嘅意义系教大家做人唔好贪心。
    呢個故事嘅意義係教大家做人唔好貪心。
    ni1 go3 gu3 si6 ge3 ji3 ji6 hai6 gaau3 daai6 gaa1 zou6 jan4 m4 hou2 taam1 sam1.
    • The meaning of this story is to tell us not to be greedy.
  2. Cantonese
    佢一时贪心偷咗人哋枝笔。
    佢一時貪心偷咗人哋枝筆。
    keoi5 jat1 si4 taam1 sam1 tau1 zo2 jan4 dei6 zi1 bat1
    • Because of a moment of greed, he stole another person's pen.
  3. Cantonese
    佢一见到叠钱就即刻双眼发光噉，系人都睇得出佢有几贪心！
    佢一見到疊錢就即刻雙眼發光噉，係人都睇得出佢有幾貪心！
    keoi5 jat1 gin3 dou2 daap6 cin2 zau6 zik1 haak1 soeng1 ngaan5 faat3 gwong1 gam2, hai6 jan4 dou1 tai2 dak1 ceot1 keoi5 jau5 gei2 taam1 sam1!
    • Her eyes glow when she sees the stack of banknotes. Anyone can tell how greedy she is!
  4. Cantonese
    贪心
    貪心
    taam1 sam1
    • greedy
  5. Cantonese
    你班友贪心到吖！
    你班友貪心到吖！
    nei5 baan1 jau2 taam1 sam1 dou3 aa1!
    • You guys are just so greedy (that I can't think of a word to describe it)!
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    做人不要这么贪心。
    做人不要這麼貪心。
    zuò rén bù yào zhè me tān xīn ．
    • Don't be so greedy in life.
  2. Mandarin
    你这个人太贪心。
    你這個人太貪心。
    nǐ zhè ge rén tài tān xīn ．
    • You are too greedy of a person.