貪戾

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Chinese

greedy do violence; go against
trad. (貪戾)
simp. (贪戾)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (6) (37) (37)
Final () (159) (39) (87)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () I IV IV
Fanqie
Baxter thom lejH let
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰʌm/ /leiH/ /let̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰəm/ /leiH/ /let̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɒm/ /lɛiH/ /lɛt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰəm/ /lɛjH/ /lɛt̚/
Li
Rong
/tʰᴀm/ /leiH/ /let̚/
Wang
Li
/tʰɒm/ /lieiH/ /liet̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tʰăm/ /lieiH/ /liet̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tān liè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
taam1 lai6 lit6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tān
Middle
Chinese
‹ thom › ‹ lejH ›
Old
Chinese
/*r̥ˁm/ /*ˁe-s/
English to covet transgress

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
No. 6552 7942 7950
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
𥸸
Old
Chinese
/*kʰl'uːm/ /*rɯːds/ /*rɯːd/

Verb

貪戾

  1. (literary) to seek wealth; to covet riches
  2. (literary) to be rapacious and ruthless; to be greedy and tyrannical