小气 meaning in English

xiǎoqi

stingy; miserly

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 小氣7 strokes

Meaning of 小气

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xiǎoqì

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ为wèi什shén么me对duì我wǒ这zhè么me小xiǎo气qì？

Why are you so mean to me?

我wǒ要yào成chéng为wéi最zuì小xiǎo气qì的de那nà个ge。

I want to become the stingiest one.

汤tāng姆mǔ很hěn小xiǎo气qì。

Tom is stingy.

不bù过guò，我wǒ从cóng来lái没méi有yǒu在zài一yí个gè小xiǎo气qì的de英yīng国guó家jiā庭tíng做zuò过guò客kè。

However, I've never been a guest in an English household that wasn't generous.

那nà个ge人rén那nà么me小xiǎo气qì，连lián谷gǔ壳ké都dōu不bù让ràng老lǎo鼠shǔ吃chī。

That person's so stingy that he won't even let the mouse have the chaff.

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Words that share a character with 小气.

小姐	xiǎojiě	young lady; miss
小时	xiǎoshí	hour
生气	shēngqì	to get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness
天气	tiānqì	weather
小朋友	xiǎopéngyǒu	child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to
小学	xiǎoxué	elementary school; primary school
小孩儿	xiǎoháir	erhua variant of 小孩[xiao3 hai2]
小学生	xiǎoxuéshēng	primary school student; schoolchild
不客气	bù kèqì	you're welcome; don't mention it
小心	xiǎoxīn	to be careful; to take care
小时候	xiǎoshíhou	in one's childhood
空气	kōngqì	air; atmosphere

What does 小气 mean?

小气 (xiǎoqi) means "stingy; miserly" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 小气?

小气 is made of 2 characters: 小 (3 strokes), 气 (4 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.

Is 小气 an HSK word?

Yes. 小气 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 小气 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 小气 is written 小氣.