馋 (饞)
chán
Pinyin

Definition

馋 (饞)
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chán
  1. gluttonous
  2. greedy
  3. to have a craving

Character Decomposition

Related Words (8)

嘴馋
zuǐ chán
  1. 1 gluttonous
  2. 2 ravenous
眼馋
yǎn chán
  1. 1 to covet
  2. 2 to envy
解馋
jiě chán
  1. 1 to satisfy one's craving
馋
chán
  1. 1 gluttonous
  2. 2 greedy
  3. 3 to have a craving
馋嘴
chán zuǐ
  1. 1 gluttonous
  2. 2 glutton

Idioms (2)

眼馋肚饱
yǎn chán dù bǎo
  1. 1 to have eyes bigger than one's belly (idiom)
馋涎欲滴
chán xián yù dī
  1. 1 lit. to drool with desire (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hunger for
  3. 3 greedy

Sample Sentences

你怎么这么馋。婷婷，不要理他，来见见我爷爷吧。爷爷，这是婷婷。
nǐ zěnme zhème chán 。Tíngting ，bùyào lǐ tā ，lái jiànjian wǒ yéye ba 。yéye ，zhè shì Tíngting 。
How can you be so greedy? Tingting, don't pay any attention to him, come and meet my grandpa. Grandpa, this is Tingting.
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什么跟什么呀，你这英文是体育老师教的吧，快快，开始啦开始啦。哇，已经涮了一锅火锅了啊，瞧瞧我妹，真能吃，看得我都馋。
shénme gēn shénme ya ，nǐ zhè Yīngwén shì tǐyù lǎoshī jiāo de ba ，kuàikuài ，kāishǐ la kāishǐ la 。wā ，yǐjīng shuàn le yī guō huǒguō le ā ，qiáo qiao wǒ mèi ，zhēn néng chī ，kàn de wǒ dōu chán 。
What in the where now? Did you learn your English from your gym teacher, quick, let's start, let's start. Wow, she's already cooked the whole pot. Look at my cousin, she can really eat. I'm hungry just watching.
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那是。像我这种吃货，三天两头要吃川菜海鲜火锅的，吃这种粉的话，饿不死也早就馋死了。
nà shì 。xiàng wǒ zhèzhǒng chīhuò ，sāntiānliǎngtóu yào chī Chuāncài hǎixiān huǒguō de ，chī zhèzhǒng fěn dehuà ，è bù sǐ yě zǎo jiù chán sǐ le 。
That's it. For someone like me who really likes to eat Sichuan seafood hotpot every day, if I ate this kind of powder, I'd be annoyed by a lack of something to snack on instead of hunger.
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哎呀，现在零食的广告和包装都那么诱人，我看了就馋。每次去超市，本来不想买的，可是最后还是买了一大堆。买了当然要吃咯。
āiyā ，xiànzài língshí de guǎnggào hé bāozhuāng dōu nàme yòurén ，wǒ kàn le jiù chán 。měicì qù chāoshì ，běnlái bù xiǎng mǎi de ，kěshì zuìhòu háishi mǎi le yīdàduī 。mǎi le dāngrán yào chī lo 。
Geez, these days snack ads and packaging are so enticing, as soon as I see them I get the munchies. Every time I go to the grocery store, even though I'm not planning to buy them, I still end up with a whole pile of them. And if I buy them of course I'm going to eat them.
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