Chinese Character Dictionary

This dictionary collects useful information about Chinese characters, including stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, Cantonese romanization, Minnan romanization, Chaozhou romanization, words, idioms and explanations.
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Stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, romanization, words and explanations for ""

Basic information
Strokes: 11 Radical: 女 Structure: 上下结构
Pinyin: lán Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ Yueping: laam4 Guangdong: lam4
Minnan: lâm Chaozhou: Tang: lom
Stroke order:
Words:妆呆妆婪婪取婪墨婪婪婪官婪尾春婪尾酒婪栗婪沓婪浊婪索婪肆婪诈婪赃婪酣贪婪贪滥躣婪
Idioms:文婪武嬉贪婪无厌贪婪无餍
Xiehouyu:吃着碗里瞧着锅里----贪婪贪婪鬼赴宴----贪吃贪喝贪婪鬼赴宴----饱吃饱喝
English meaning: covet; covetous, avaricious
Detailed explanations by pronunciation
Pinyin 1: lán
Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ
(形声。从女,林声。本义:贪食)
同本义 婪,贪也。——《说文》<br>贪惏无厌。——《左传·昭公二十八年》<br>众皆竞进而贪婪兮,冯不厌乎求索。——《楚辞·离骚》。注:“爱财曰贪,爱食曰婪。”<br>婪酣大肚遭一饱。——韩愈《月蚀诗效玉·川子作》<br>澄当婪尾,则知婪为自谦之辞。——《唐音癸签》<br>贪婪无餍。——《左传·昭公二十八年》
又如:婪取(贪婪索取);婪沓(贪婪);婪官(贪官);婪酣(贪婪饮食);婪肆(贪赃不法)
古称行酒一巡 。如:婪尾(酒巡至末尾);婪尾酒(唐代称宴饮时酒巡至末座为婪尾酒)