| 1 | 贪婪 | 貪婪 | tān lán | tan1 lan2 | avaricious; greedy; rapacious; insatiable; avid | | |
| 2 | 贪污 | 貪污 | tān wū | tan1 wu1 | to be corrupt; corruption; to embezzle | | |
| 3 | 贪 | 貪 | tān | tan1 | to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt | | |
| 4 | 贪污成风 | 貪污成風 | tān wū chéng fēng | tan1 wu1 cheng2 feng1 | Corruption has become a common practice. (idiom) | | |
| 5 | 贪猥无厌 | 貪猥無厭 | tān wěi wú yàn | tan1 wei3 wu2 yan4 | avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied | | |
| 6 | 贪心 | 貪心 | tān xīn | tan1 xin1 | greedy | | |
| 7 | 贪心不足 | 貪心不足 | tān xīn bù zú | tan1 xin1 bu4 zu2 | avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied | | |
| 8 | 贪欲 | 貪慾 | tān yù | tan1 yu4 | greed; avarice; rapacious; avid | | |
| 9 | 贪赃枉法 | 貪贓枉法 | tān zāng wǎng fǎ | tan1 zang1 wang3 fa3 | corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law | | |
| 10 | 贪占 | 貪占 | tān zhàn | tan1 zhan4 | to misappropriate | | |
| 11 | 贪嘴 | 貪嘴 | tān zuǐ | tan1 zui3 | gluttonous | | |
| 12 | 贪嘴丧生 | 貪嘴喪生 | tān zuǐ sàng shēng | tan1 zui3 sang4 sheng1 | gluttonous at the expense of life (idiom) | | |
| 13 | 贪小失大 | 貪小失大 | tān xiǎo shī dà | tan1 xiao3 shi1 da4 | penny wise and pound foolish (idiom) | | |
| 14 | 贪图 | 貪圖 | tān tú | tan1 tu2 | to covet; to seek (riches, fame) | | |
| 15 | 贪天之功 | 貪天之功 | tān tiān zhī gōng | tan1 tian1 zhi1 gong1 | to claim credit for other people's achievements (idiom) | | |
| 16 | 贪饕无厌 | 貪饕無厭 | tān tāo wú yàn | tan1 tao1 wu2 yan4 | to be very greedy (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 贪食 | 貪食 | tān shí | tan1 shi2 | greedy; glutton | | |
| 18 | 贪生怕死 | 貪生怕死 | tān shēng pà sǐ | tan1 sheng1 pa4 si3 | greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly; clinging abjectly to life; only interested in saving one's neck | | |
| 19 | 贪色 | 貪色 | tān sè | tan1 se4 | greedy for sex; given to lust for women | | |
| 20 | 贪荣慕利 | 貪榮慕利 | tān róng mù lì | tan1 rong2 mu4 li4 | to covet glory and wealth (idiom) | | |
| 21 | 贪求无厌 | 貪求無厭 | tān qiú wú yàn | tan1 qiu2 wu2 yan4 | insatiably greedy (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 贪求 | 貪求 | tān qiú | tan1 qiu2 | to pursue greedily; to crave | | |
| 23 | 贪名逐利 | 貪名逐利 | tān míng zhú lì | tan1 ming2 zhu2 li4 | greedy for fame and personal gain (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 贪名钓誉 | 貪名釣譽 | tān míng diào yù | tan1 ming2 diao4 yu4 | greedy for both fame and praise (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 贪恋 | 貪戀 | tān liàn | tan1 lian4 | to cling to; to be reluctant to give up (sth); to have a fondness for (an indulgence etc) | | |