财迷 (cái mí) — a money-grubber; a miser; someone obsessed with… | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

a money-grubbera misersomeone obsessed with money

Measure word · 个

Examples

财迷，。
Tā zhēn shì gè cái mí, yì fēn qián dōu shě bu de huā.
He's such a miser, unwilling to spend a single cent.
财迷，。
Nǐ bié nà me cái mí, gāi huā de qián hái shì yào huā.
Don't be such a money-grubber; you still need to spend what you should.
财迷。
Nà ge cái mí zhěng tiān zhī xiǎng zhe zěn me zhuàn qián.
That money-grubber thinks only about how to make money all day.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

财迷 combines 财 'money' and 迷 'fan' to mean someone obsessed with money.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 財; 财 is its simplified writing.

貝才財

Meaning part形符xíngfú

貝貝bèishell

Sound part声符shēngfú

才

才cái財cái

Same sound today

The traditional form 財 has 貝 (shell) next to 才, which gives the sound; the simplified 财 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辵辵chuòwalk

Sound part声符shēngfú

米

米mǐ迷mí

Same sound today

迷 uses 辵, the walking part, and 米, which gives the sound.

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