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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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貪
|
污
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| Reading #
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1/1
|
1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
tān
|
wā
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ thom ›
|
‹ ʔwæ ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*r̥ˁm/
|
/*qʷˁra/
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| 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. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
|
貪
|
污
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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| No.
|
6552
|
15679
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Phonetic
component
|
今
|
于
|
Rime
group
|
侵
|
魚
|
Rime
subdivision
|
3
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
探
|
烏
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*kʰl'uːm/
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/*qʷaː/
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| Notes
|
|
同洿
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Verb
貪污
- 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
- 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
- a serious case of corruption
Synonyms
