hám

Thân thiện

Ông ấy hám tiền đến mức chỉ nhìn thấy đồng tiền trước mắt.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Greedy for / Craving: Having an excessive or insatiable desire for something, often used with a negative connotation of being overly eager or covetous.
   • Ambitious for / Hungry for: Having a strong, sometimes desperate, thirst or longing for abstract things like status or recognition.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ta rất hám tiền. (He is very greedy for money.)
  • Bà ấy hám danh đến mức bất chấp mọi thứ. (She is so ambitious for fame that she disregards everything.)
  • Đừng có hám lợi nhỏ mà bỏ lỡ cơ hội lớn. (Don't be greedy for small gains and miss a big opportunity.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "hám" is almost always followed by an object (a noun) specifying what the desire is for, forming a compound-like phrase (e.g., , , ). It is rarely used alone.
• It carries a critical tone, implying that the desire is unreasonable, unseemly, or leads to poor judgment.

Variants and Related Words

• Tham hám (adj): A more emphatic and formal synonym for "hám," emphasizing greed and covetousness.
  • Kẻ tham hám của cải. (The one who is covetous of wealth.)

Synonyms

• Greedy for: Having an intense and selfish desire for something.
• Craving: Having a powerful desire for.
• Avid for: Having an eager enthusiasm for (can be less negative).
• Hungry for: Having a strong desire or need for.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Hám của: Greedy for possessions/material goods.
  • Tính hám của khiến họ sa vào tham nhũng. (Greed for possessions led them into corruption.)
• Hám sắc: Lustful, overly desirous of physical beauty/sexual pleasure.
  • Hắn là kẻ hám sắc. (He is a lustful person.)

Học thuật

adj

1. greedy for
   • hám danh
     greedy for fame