強欲

See also: 強慾

Chinese

 
strength; force; power; powerful; better
 
desire; longing; appetite; wish
trad. (強欲)
simp. (强欲)
alt. 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

Adverb

強欲

  1. (Taiwanese Min Nan) 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. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1 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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