小家
siu2 gaa1xiǎo jiā
English
- stingy; mean; lacking sympathy and perspectives
- mean; stingy
- ungenerous; mean-spirited
粵語 — Cantonese
- 唔輕易拎自己嘅野同人分享;過分愛惜自己嘅錢;孤寒
- 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