貪污

See also: 贪污

Chinese

		greedy	dirt; filth
trad. (貪污/貪汙)		貪	污/汙
simp. (贪污)		贪	污

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tānwū

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢ ㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam¹ wu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thâm-vû
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tham-ù / tham-u

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tam¹ u¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tānwū
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢ ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tanwu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan¹-wu¹
    • Yale: tān-wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tanu
    • Palladius: таньу (tanʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵⁵ u⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam¹ wu¹
    • Yale: tāam wū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam¹ wu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam¹ wu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm⁵⁵ wuː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thâm-vû
    • Hakka Romanization System: tam´ vu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tam¹ vu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰam²⁴⁻¹¹ vu²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tham-ù
    • Tâi-lô: tham-ù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tam'ux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam³³ u⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tham-u
    • Tâi-lô: tham-u
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tam'w
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰam⁴⁴⁻²² u⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ u⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tam¹ u¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tham u
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰam³³⁻²³ u³³/

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• Middle Chinese: thom

Rime
Character	貪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	他含切
Baxter	thom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰʌm/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰəm/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɒm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəm/
Li Rong	/tʰᴀm/
Wang Li	/tʰɒm/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taam1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*r̥ˤ[ə]m  qʷˤra/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰl'uːm  qʷaː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	貪	污
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tān	wā
Middle Chinese	‹ thom ›	‹ ʔwæ ›
Old Chinese	/*r̥ˁ[ə]m/	/*qʷˁra/
English	to covet	impure, vile
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	貪	污
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	6552	15679
Phonetic component	今	于
Rime group	侵	魚
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	探	烏
Old Chinese	/*kʰl'uːm/	/*qʷaː/
Notes		同洿

Verb

貪污

1. to embezzle; to be corrupt

Synonyms

• 中飽／中饱 (zhōngbǎo)
• 歪哥 (wāigē) (Taiwan)
• 貪／贪 (tān)
• 貪墨／贪墨 (tānmò) (literary)
• 食錢／食钱 (Hokkien)

 

Noun

貪污

1. corruption; graft

   一起重大貪污案件 [MSC, trad.]
   一起重大贪污案件 [MSC, simp.]

   yī qǐ zhòngdà tānwū ànjiàn [Pinyin]

   a serious case of corruption

Synonyms

• 腐敗／腐败 (fǔbài)