馋 chán greedy, gluttonous; craving

Traditional: 饞

HSK 6 — the top of the six old levels: 2,500 new words, 5,000 in all. You read and discuss almost anything. In HSK 3.0, 馋 is in band 7–9. HSK 6 explained

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中馋means greedy, or craving a certain food. Picture a friend walking past a bakery as the smell drifts out. They stop and say, I'm craving something sweet. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

馋 is written in 12 strokes.

馋 — the Chinese character for greedy, gluttonous; craving (chán), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 馋 — greedy, gluttonous; craving

Senses

gluttonous
greedy
to have a craving

Related words

Where 馋 lives

HSK 6 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 7–9 Practise Topic: Food and drink Practise Topic: Character Practise

馋 is pronounced chán and means “greedy, gluttonous; craving”.