小siu2氣hei3

English

1. stingy
2. miserly
3. narrow-minded
4. petty
5. inconsiderate; mean-spirited; pettyunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 器量小；心胸狹窄unreviewed?

Examples

• 汤姆很小气。

  Tom is stingy.

  Tatoeba · notabene CC BY

• 你为什么对我这么小气？

  Why are you so mean to me?

  Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

• 我要成為最小氣的那個。

  I want to become the stingiest one.

  Tatoeba · xjjAstrus CC BY

• 他勤俭节约，甚至是小气的。

  He is thrifty, not to say stingy.

  Tatoeba · rokito CC BY

• 那个人那么小气，连谷壳都不让老鼠吃。

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

  Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

• 不过，我从来没有在一个小气的英国家庭做过客。

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

  Tatoeba · eastasiastudent CC BY

• unreviewed?

  你大鑊喇，容總份人好小器㗎。

  You are in big trouble. Mr. Yung is a mean-spirited man.

• unreviewed?

  你哋嗌咗交咁耐，人哋都講咗對唔住啦，你做乜咁小氣唔睬人啫？

  You've argued for so long, (but now) he's apologised. Why are you sulking and ignoring him?