粵

小siu2家gaa1

siu2 gaa1xiǎo jiā

English

  1. stingy; mean; lacking sympathy and perspectives
  2. mean; stingy
  3. ungenerous; mean-spirited

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 唔輕易拎自己嘅野同人分享;過分愛惜自己嘅錢;孤寒
  2. 心胸狹窄,態度拘束;小器

Examples

  • 小家伙,你在看什么?

    What are you looking at, little one?

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 小家伙一听到有好吃的,口涎就流出来好长!

    The little child drools whenever he hears of something delicious.

    Tatoeba · trieuho CC BY

  • 佢好小家㗎,從來都唔知咩叫分享。

    She is very stingy, she never learns to share.

  • 你帶多咗嘢食,咪分啲俾人囉!唔好咁小家啦!

    You've brought more than enough food so you should share it with others. Don't be so selfish. ----

  • 朋友話錯你兩句,你就發火駁返佢十句,使唔使咁小家啊?

    [ChatGPT]If your friend said two wrong things to you, do you really have to fire back with ten? That's so petty.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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