小氣

See also: 小气

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Adjective

小氣

stingy; miserly
(dialectal) narrow-minded; petty
- 你大鑊喇，方丈份人好小氣㗎！ [Cantonese, trad.]
  你大镬喇，方丈份人好小气㗎！ [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 1996, Stephen Chow, God of Cookery
  nei⁵ daai⁶ wok⁶ laa³, fong¹ zoeng⁶ fan⁶ jan⁴ hou² siu² hei³ gaa³! [Jyutping]
  You're in trouble! The abbot is very petty!

Synonyms

(stingy):

吝嗇／吝啬 (lìnsè)
慳吝／悭吝 (qiānlìn) (literary)
摳／抠 (kōu)
摳門／抠门 (kōumén)
窮相／穷相 (qióngxiàng) (literary or regional)
鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Antonyms

(stingy): 大方 (dàfāng)

Derived terms

小氣鬼／小气鬼 (xiǎoqìguǐ)

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