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小气

xiǎoqi

Traditional: 小氣

stingy

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Meaning of 小气 in English

xiǎoqiHSK 6adjectiveSyllabus #5051
  1. stingy
  2. miserly
  3. narrow-minded
  4. petty

Example sentences

  1. 你为什么对我这么小气？
    nǐ wèi shén me duì wǒ zhè me xiǎo qì？
    Why are you so mean to me?
    Tatoeba #5715195 by verdastelo9604 · #3822538 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

小 on its own →
xiǎo · small

HSK words with 小

小HSK 1小时HSK 1小学HSK 1小朋友HSK 1小学生HSK 1从小HSK 2小孩儿HSK 2小时候HSK 2大小HSK 3小区HSK 3
气 on its own →
qì · gas; air

HSK words with 气

天气HSK 1不客气HSK 1生气HSK 3气HSK 4客气HSK 4空气HSK 4力气HSK 4脾气HSK 4气候HSK 4气温HSK 4

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences