小氣

See also: 小气

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (小氣)		小	氣
simp. (小气)		小	气
alternative forms		小器

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² hei³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-hi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siáu-khì / sió-khì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoqì → xiǎoqi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧˋ → ㄒㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄑㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoci̊
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-chʻi⁵
    • Yale: syǎu-chi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheau.chih
    • Palladius: сяоци (sjaoci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/ → /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁴/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 小憩 小氣／小气

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: siu² hei³
    • Yale: síu hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ hei̯³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 小戲／小戏 小氣／小气

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-hi
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu` hi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ hi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ hi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-khì
    • Tâi-lô: siáu-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaw'qix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰi¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰi²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-khì
    • Tâi-lô: sió-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'qix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰi¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰi⁴¹/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 小氣

1. stingy; miserly
2. narrow-minded; petty

Synonyms

• (stingy):

(deprecated template usage)

• 吝嗇／吝啬 (lìnsè)
• 慳吝／悭吝 (qiānlìn) (literary)
• 摳／抠 (kōu)
• 摳門／抠门 (kōumén)
• 窮相／穷相 (qióngxiàng) (literary or regional)
• 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)

 

Antonyms

• (stingy): 大方 (dàfāng)