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): ㄊㄢㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taam¹ wu¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thâm-vû
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tham-ù / tham-u

(Teochew, Peng'im): tam¹ u¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tānwū
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢㄨ
  - 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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thâm-vû
  - Hakka Romanization System: tam^ˊ vu^ˊ
  - 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/

Middle Chinese: thom 'u

Rime
Character	貪	污
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	他含切	哀都切
Baxter	thom	'u
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰʌm/	/ʔuo/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰəm/	/ʔuo/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɒm/	/ʔo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəm/	/ʔɔ/
Li Rong	/tʰᴀm/	/ʔo/
Wang Li	/tʰɒm/	/u/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰăm/	/ʔuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tān	wū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taam¹	wu¹

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

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 [Pinyin]
a serious case of corruption

Synonyms

腐敗／腐败 (fǔbài)