強欲

See also: 強慾

Chinese

 
strength; force; power; powerful; better
 
desire; longing; appetite; wish
trad. (強欲)
simp. (强欲)
variant forms 強要强要

Pronunciation

  • Min Nan (POJ): kiông-beh / kiông-berh / kiâng-boeh / kiōng-beh / kiōng-boeh

Verb

強欲

  1. (Min Nan) to insist on

Synonyms

Adverb

強欲

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) almost; nearly

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ごう
Grade: 2
よく
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Adjectival noun

強欲 (-na inflection, hiragana ごうよく, rōmaji gōyoku, historical hiragana がうよく)

  1. greedy, avaricious

Inflection

Noun

強欲 (hiragana ごうよく, rōmaji gōyoku, historical hiragana がうよく)

  1. greed, avarice

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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