小气
Pinyin: xiǎoqi
stingy; miserly; narrow-minded; petty
Example sentence
你为什么对我这么小气？
Nǐ wèishénme duì wǒ zhème xiǎoqì?
Why are you so mean to me?
What 小气 means
小气 (xiǎoqi) is a Chinese word meaning “stingy; miserly; narrow-minded; petty”. It appears in the HSK 6 collection.
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