手sau2緊gan2

English

1. tightfisted
2. running out of money; cash strapped; short of money
3. stingy
4. to tighten the criteria, (of marking or grading) to mark down students' work; to give marks to students' work strictly in accordance with the regulations
5. short of money
6. hard up

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 現金不足；唔夠錢使；反義係「手頭鬆」
2. 收緊評分標準，令考生難攞高分；反義係「手鬆」

Examples

• 我呢排好手緊，可唔可以借啲錢嚟用？

  I'm short of money these days, so can you lend me some money to use? ----

• 呢個教授出名手緊，想喺佢手上攞A真係發夢。

  This professor is famous for his high grading standard, to get an A from his class is like dreaming.