小气 (xiǎo qi) — stingy, miserly (used for unwillingness to spend money or share); narrow-minded, petty (used for being oversensitive or grudging over small matters)
Definition
小气 covers both senses: stingy with money and petty over small matters. Among siblings, 抠 is colloquial 'stingy' (often about small, fiddly spending), while 一毛不拔 is an emphatic idiom.
adjective
stingymiserly (used for unwillingness to spend money or share)narrow-mindedpetty (used for being oversensitive or grudging over small matters)
Examples
- ，。Tā hěn xiǎo qi, lián yí kuài qián dōu bú yuàn yì huā.He's so stingy that he won't even spend one yuan.
- ，小气。Zhè me xiǎo de shì nǐ jiù shēng qì, nǐ yě tài xiǎo qi le.You get angry over such a small thing — you're so petty.
- ，小气。Tā yīn wèi nán péng you méi jì zhù shēng rì jiù bù gāo xìng, dà jiā dōu jué de tā xiǎo qi.She got upset because her boyfriend forgot her birthday; everyone thinks she's petty.
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