粵

小siu2器hei3

siu2 hei3xiǎo qì

English

  1. stingy; mean; lacking sympathy and perspectives
  2. inconsiderate; mean-spirited; petty

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 器量小;心胸狹窄

Examples

  • 你大鑊喇,容總份人好小器㗎。

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

  • 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?

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

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