GREEDY    貪貪

EAGER to POSSESS MORE than one NEEDS.
AVARICIOUSACQUISITIVECOVETOUSGRASPINGMATERIALISTICMERCENARYPOSSESSIVEINFORMAL MONEY-GRUBBINGMONEY-GRABBINGGRABBYGLUTTONOUSRAVENOUSVORACIOUSINTEMPERATESELF-INDULGENTINSATIABLEWOLFISHINFORMAL PIGGISHPIGGY
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current abstract term for an exaggerated desire for the possession of things of all kinds is tān 貪 (ant. lián 廉 "morally pure and ungreedy"). 2. Lán 婪 and the late and rare chán 饞 refer specifically to the exaggerated desire for food and drink. 3. Tāo 饕 (often used with tié 餮 as the proper name of a mask figure) are highly archaic and elevated words to use for greediness for food and drink.
Modern Chinese Criteria
貪欲 貪食 貪財 貪心 貪 貪婪 貪戀 貪冒 貪墨 貪欲 貪叨 啖啖 豐取刻與 東食西宿 唯利是圖 利令智昏 利欲燻心 饞涎欲滴 垂涎三尺 野心勃勃 羊狠狼貪 貪得無厭 貪賄無藝 貪心不足 貪多務得 欲壑難填 得寸進尺 得隴望蜀 人心不足蛇吞象 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • CORRUPT　GREEDY AND CRIMINAL IN THE CONDUCT OF ADMINISTRATION (anc: 15/0, child: 0)
Hypernym
  • EAGER　INTENSE DESIRE to ACT FOR A DEFINITE AIM. (anc: 13/0, child: 2)
  • DESIRE　GOOD FEELING IN-RELATION-TO ONESELF concerning the FUTURE HAVING, CONTROLLING, or ACTING:doing SOMETHING DEFINED. (anc: 12/0, child: 11)
  • FEELING　NATURAL REACTION IN one's MIND. (anc: 11/0, child: 17)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 11.54

  • De Rerum Humanarum Emendatione ( COMENIUS 1665) p. 469

    AVARITIA bonorum externorum superfluum (et inexplebile) desiderium. Constat 1. bonorum desiderio et affluxu. 2. ultra omnem necessitatem (sine fine et terminao).

    Ax. Avarus, quod habet, non habet. Non enim quod habet respicit sed ei quod non habet, inhiat. Avarus possidendo possidetur.

  • De differentiis ( DIFFERENTIAE I) p. 71

    AVARUS, CUPIDUS

    4. Etymolog. lib. X, Littera A et C.

    Ibid. Vat. omittit desiderat. [AREV.]

    ]

    4. Inter Avarum et cupidum. Avarus est qui suo [ Al. sua] non utitur, cupidus qui aliena desiderat.

  • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

    CONCUPISCENTIA

    CUPIDITAS

    RAPACITAS

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 5.1003

    MEHRHABENWOLLEN

  • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 223ff

  • Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages ( DE VAAN 2008) p.

    aveo 'to be eager' [v. II] (Varro+)

    Derivatives: avidus 'desirous' (P1.+), aviditas 'greed; lust' (P1.+); avarus 'greedy,

    stingy (esp. with regard to money)' (Naev.+), avaritia 'greed of gain' (P1.+).

  • Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography ( ROBERTS 1998) p. 90

    • Words (37 items)

    貪  tān OC: kh-lɯɯm MC: thəm 43 AttributionsWD

    The current abstract term for an exaggerated desire for the possession of things of all kinds is tān 貪 (ant. lián 廉 "morally pure and ungreedy").

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 漁/ROB
    • Assoc: 愎/STUBBORN Bì 愎 refers to stubbornness as a deplorable feature involving lack of flexibility and obstinacy.
    • Assoc: 污/WICKED Wú 污 (ant. jié 潔 "morally pure and spotless") refers to moral defilement or moral impurity.
    • Assoc: 饕/GREEDY
    • Oppos: 得/OBTAIN The current general and highly abstract verb for obtaining any form of possession of anything abstract or concrete is dé 得 (ant. shī 失 "lose inadvertently").

      Syntactic words
    • nabpsychgreed; greediness; craving; excessive demands
    • vadNgreedy
    • vibe greedy
    • vt+prep+Nbe greedy for
    • vt+V[0]be greedy after V-ing
    • vt[oN]be greedy after things
    • vtoNshow greed for
    無厭  wú yàn OC: ma qems MC: mi̯o ʔiɛm 23 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabdispositiongreediness
    • VPadNinsatiable
    • VPibe insatiable
    • VPpostadVinsatiably
    貪欲  tān yù OC: kh-lɯɯm k-loɡ MC: thəm ji̯ok 9 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychdesire, craving greed
    • VPadNcharacterised by greed
    • VPiactbe greedy; lust after things
    貪愛  tān ài OC: kh-lɯɯm qɯɯds MC: thəm ʔəi 4 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychgreed
    • VPt[oN]be greedy after things
    • VPtoNhanker after, be greedy for
    好利  hào lì OC: qhuus rids MC: hɑu li 3 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPadNgreedy after profit, profit-orientedLZ
    • VPiseek material gain; be eager for profit; be greedy after material gain
    慳貪  qiān tān OC: khriin kh-lɯɯm MC: khɣɛn thəm 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabdispositiongreed, stinginess HYDCD: 吝嗇而貪得。
    • VPibe greedy
    貪鄙  tān bǐ OC: kh-lɯɯm prɯʔ MC: thəm pi 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychgreedy vulgarity
    • VPadNcharacterised by greedy vulgarity
    恈恈然  móu móu rán MC: mjuw mjuw nyen OC: mu mu njen 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVgreedily, with utmost greedLZ
    貪饕  tān tāo OC: kh-lɯɯm kh-luu MC: thəm thɑu 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VP[adN]nonreferentialthe greedy
    • VPadNgreedy
    饕  tāo OC: kh-luu MC: thɑu 2 AttributionsWD

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 貪/GREEDY The current abstract term for an exaggerated desire for the possession of things of all kinds is tān 貪 (ant. lián 廉 "morally pure and ungreedy").

      Syntactic words
    • v[adN]nonreferentialthose who are greedy, the greedy
    • vadVgreedily, gluttonously
    • vibe gluttonous, be greedy
    • vtoNstativebe greedy for material goods; be greedy
    貪求  tān qiú OC: kh-lɯɯm ɡu MC: thəm gɨu 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNbe greedy for
    貪汙  tān wù OC: kh-lɯɯm qʷlaas MC: thəm ʔuo̝ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychgreediness
    貪婪  tān lán OC: kh-lɯɯm ɡ-rɯɯm MC: thəm ləm 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiintensitivebe very greedy
    貪婪  tān lán OC: kh-lɯɯm ɡ-rɯɯm MC: thəm ləm 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe greedy
    多欲  duō yù OC: k-laal k-loɡ MC: tɑ ji̯ok 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPadNgreedy
    貪昧  tān mèi OC: kh-lɯɯm mɯɯds MC: thəm muo̝i 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPt+prep+Nhave dark greedy designs on
    貪冒  tān mào MC: thom mawH OC: kh-lɯɯm muuɡs 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPadNCH
    猛貪  měng tān MC: maengX thom OC: mraaŋʔ kh-lɯɯm 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe wildly avariciousLZ
    饕貪  tāo tān OC: kh-luu kh-lɯɯm MC: thɑu thəm 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe greedy
    叨  tāo OC: kh-laaw MC: thɑu 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vibe greedy; be covetous
    貪得  tān dé MC: thom tok OC: kh-lɯɯm tɯɯɡ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPadNgreedyCH
    愛索  ài suǒ OC: qɯɯds saaɡ MC: ʔəi sɑk 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychgreedy preoccupation; greedy chasing after things; (or: the rope of craving)
    貪財  tān cái OC: kh-lɯɯm sɡɯɯ MC: thəm dzəi 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychgreedy lust after property
    貪  tān OC: kh-lɯɯm MC: thəm 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPadNcharacterised by corrupt greed
    饕  tāo OC: kh-luu MC: thɑu 1 AttributionWD

    Tāo 饕 (often used with tié 餮 as the proper name of a mask figure) are highly archaic and elevated words to use for greediness for food and drink.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNgreedy
    • vtoNderivedbe greedy for (non-edibles like wealth etc)CH
    侵欲  qīn yù OC: skhim k-loɡ MC: tshim ji̯ok 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPt+prep+Nbe greedy with respect do; have greedy desires with respect to
    偏愛  piān ài OC: phen qɯɯds MC: phiɛn ʔəi 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNbe particularly greedy after
    多求  duō qiú OC: k-laal ɡu MC: tɑ gɨu 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe greedy
    餮  tiè OC: kh-lɯɯd MC: thet 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vibe greedy
    • vtoNstativebe greedy for food; be greedy
    失欲  shī yù OC: lʰiɡ k-loɡ MC: ɕit ji̯ok
    佚欲  yì yù OC: liɡ k-loɡ MC: jit ji̯ok 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabyì yù: meaningless greed and lust DCD: 逸欲。謂貪圖安樂，嗜欲無節。
    • VPibe full of pointless greed DCD: 逸欲。謂貪圖安樂，嗜欲無節。
    貪吏  tān lì OC: kh-lɯɯm rɯs MC: thəm lɨ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPgreedy official; corrup official
    饞  chán OC: dzroom MC: ɖʐɣɛm 0 AttributionsWD

    Lán 婪 and the late and rare chán 饞 refer specifically to the exaggerated desire for food and drink.

      Syntactic words
    • viHAN, YILIN易林: greedy for food and drink
    利  lì OC: rids MC: li 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNbe greedy after
    貪惜  tān xī OC: kh-lɯɯm sqaɡ MC: thəm siɛk 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe (thoroughly?) greedy and stingy> be greedy
    貪意  tān yì OC: kh-lɯɯm qɯɡs MC: thəm ʔɨ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychgreedy attitude; greed
    貪夫  tān fū OC: kh-lɯɯm pa MC: thəm pi̯o 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPsubject=humangreedy person
    婪  lán OC: ɡ-rɯɯm MC: ləm 0 AttributionsWD

    Lán 婪 and the late and rare chán 饞 refer specifically to the exaggerated desire for food and drink.

      Syntactic words
    • nabpsychCC, LISAO, zhu: greed (for food)