贪污 tānwū▶ corrupción

Stroke order

贪污 is written in 14 strokes across 2 characters.

• 贪 — 8 strokes
• 污 — 6 strokes

Senses

1. to be corrupt
2. corruption
3. to embezzle

Related words

• 污蔑Calumnia
• 贪婪Codicioso, avaro
• 污染contaminado

贪污 is pronounced tānwū and means “corrupción”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 贪污 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.