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小气

xiǎoqi
adjectiveHSK 7-9

“Stingy” in Chinese is 小气 (xiǎoqi).

Meaning

  • stingy
  • miserly
  • narrow-minded
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  • petty

Example

你为什么对我这么小气?

Why are you so mean to me?

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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