Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Greedy for wealth/material possessions: Describes a person who has an excessive, often shameless, desire for money, property, or material goods.
   • Avaricious, covetous: Characterized by an intense and selfish desire to acquire and hoard wealth.

Usage

• The term 'hám của' is a descriptive adjective, almost always used to criticize a person's character. It implies a negative moral judgment.
• It is typically used to modify nouns referring to people (e.g., , ).
• It describes a persistent trait or characteristic, not a temporary state.

Usage Examples

• As an adjective:
  • Anh ta là một kẻ hám của, chỉ biết nghĩ đến tiền bạc. (He is a greedy person, only thinking about money.)
  • Đừng có hám của mà làm những việc trái với lương tâm. (Don't be greedy for wealth and do things against your conscience.)
  • Bản chất hám của khiến họ mất hết bạn bè. (Their avaricious nature caused them to lose all their friends.)

Advanced Usage

• 'lòng hám của': This is a noun phrase meaning "greed," "avarice," or "cupidity." It refers to the feeling or state of being .
  • Lòng hám của đã che mắt anh ta. (Greed has blinded him.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tham lam (adj): Greedy, avaricious. This is a more general and common synonym for . can apply to wealth, power, food, etc., while is specifically about material possessions.
• Hám (verb): To crave, to lust after (often used in a negative sense). is a specific compound of this verb.
• Hám danh (adj): Craving fame/reputation.
• Hám lợi (adj): Craving profit/gain.

Synonyms

• Tham lam: Greedy, avaricious.
• Tham tiền: Greedy for money.
• Hám tiền: Craving money (very similar to ).

Related Idioms/Phrases

• 'Hám của hám tiền': A reinforcing phrase meaning "extremely greedy for wealth and money."
  • Hắn ta suốt ngày chỉ biết hám của hám tiền. (All day long, he only knows how to be greedy for wealth and money.)