小氣

See also: 小气

Chinese

	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (小氣)	小	氣
simp. (小气)	小	气
alternative forms	小器

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xiǎoqì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧˋ

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): xiàoqī
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² hei³
Gan (Wiktionary): 'xieu³ qi³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-hi
Jin (Wiktionary): xiau³ qi²
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sieo³ ki⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siáu-khì / sió-khì
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵shiau-chi₅ / ³shiau-chi₅
- (Jinhua): ³siau-chi₅
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xiau³ qi⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoqì → xiǎoqi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧˋ → ㄒㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄑㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoci̊
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-chʻi⁵
  - Yale: syǎu-chi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheau.chih
  - Palladius: сяоци (sjaoci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/ → /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁴/
  - Homophones:
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    小憩
    小氣 / 小气
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: xiàoqī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiau⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: siu² hei³
  - Yale: síu hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ hei̯³³/
  - Homophones:
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    小戲 / 小戏
    小氣 / 小气
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'xieu³ qi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈɕiɛu²¹³⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰi²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-hi
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu^ˋ hi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ hi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ hi⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: xiau³ qi²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕiau⁴⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo³ ki⁴ [Phonetic: sieo⁵ ki⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬieu⁴⁵³⁻²¹ kʰi⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo³ ki⁴ [Phonetic: sieo⁵ ki⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬieu³³²⁻²¹ kʰi⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-khì
  - Tâi-lô: siáu-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaw'qix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰi¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰi²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-khì
  - Tâi-lô: sió-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'qix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰi¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰi⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵shiau-chi₅
  - MiniDict: shiau^去 chi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xiau-qi₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɔ³³ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Chongming, Jiaxing, Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ³shiau-chi₅
  - MiniDict: shiau^上 chi^去
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɕiɔ⁴² t͡ɕʰi³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /ɕiɔ⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ɕiɔ³³ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ³siau-chi₅
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /siɑu⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: xiau³ qi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴¹ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/

Adjective

小氣

stingy; miserly
narrow-minded; petty
- 你大鑊喇，方丈份人好小氣㗎！ [Cantonese, trad.]
  你大镬喇，方丈份人好小气㗎！ [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 1996, Stephen Chow, God of Cookery
  nei⁵ daai⁶ wok⁶ laa³, fong¹ zoeng⁶ fan⁶ jan⁴ hou² siu² hei³ gaa³! [Jyutping]
  You're in trouble! The abbot is very petty!

Synonyms

(stingy):

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吝嗇 / 吝啬 (lìnsè)
慳吝 / 悭吝 (qiānlìn) (literary)
摳 / 抠 (kōu)
摳門 / 抠门 (kōumén)
窮相 / 穷相 (qióngxiàng) (literary or regional)
鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)

Dialectal synonyms of 吝嗇 (“stingy; miserly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		吝, 嗇, 慳, 吝嗇, 慳吝
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吝嗇, 小氣, 慳吝
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	小氣, 摳, 摳兒, 摳門兒, 小摳兒, 死摳兒, 摳搜, 摳唆, 嗇刻
	Langfang	摳
	Chengde	摳兒
	Chifeng	吝嗇, 摳兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	小摳兒, 小氣
	Heihe	吝嗇, 摳, 摳門兒, 小摳兒
	Qiqihar	吝嗇, 摳, 摳門兒
	Harbin	摳, 摳門兒, 小摳兒, 摳搜, 小氣, 夾夾咕咕, 玍屄
	Baicheng	吝嗇, 摳
	Changchun	小摳
	Tonghua	摳門兒
	Shenyang	吝嗇, 小摳, 摳
	Jinzhou	吝嗇, 摳, 摳搜, 渠
	Malaysia	吝嗇
	Singapore	吝嗇
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	摳兒, 摳門兒, 摳唆, 死摳兒, 窮摳兒
	Tangshan	摳惜
	Cangzhou	摳兒
	Baoding	摳, 窮摳
	Shijiazhuang	摳, 老摳兒
	Lijin	摳, 不出息
	Jinan	摳, 摳門兒, 小氣
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	黑饞
	Dandong	吝嗇, 摳, 小摳兒
	Yantai	摳, 奸
	Yantai (Muping)	摳, 摳搜
	Qingdao	奸, 拤古
	Zhucheng	拤古
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	摳唆, 小氣, 吝嗇
	Lingbao	吝嗇, 嗇皮
	Jining	摳
	Daming	老摳兒
	Wanrong	摳, 小氣
	Linfen	摳
	Shangqiu	摳, 老鱉一
	Yuanyang	摳兒
	Zhengzhou	摳, 尖
	Xinyang	尖
	Baihe	嗇皮
	Xi'an	小氣, 嗇, 吝嗇, 嗇皮, 摳
	Baoji	嗇皮
	Tianshui	吝嗇
	Xining	摳, 摳皮, 細詳, 搜, 小氣
	Xuzhou	搜, 摳, 搜摳兒, 搜摳, 搜屄摳兒, 薄氣, 不出血
	Fuyang	吝嗇, 摳, 尖
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	摳搜, 薄嗇, 嗇, 小氣
	Lanzhou	摳搜, 嗇皮, 嗇, 小氣
	Dunhuang	嗇
	Hami	摳
	Ürümqi	摳, 摳搜, 嗇皮, 小氣
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	摳, 小氣, 夾, 苟, 嗇, 坎
	Nanchong	吝嗇, 摳
	Hanyuan	嗇
	Xichang	嗇, 坎
	Zigong	吝嗇, 摳
	Chongqing	吝嗇, 夾, 財, 老默, 摳
	Wuhan	吝嗇, 摳, 慳, 小氣
	Yichang	吝嗇, 嗇, 小氣
	Xiangyang	吝嗇, 雀薄
	Tianmen	吝嗇
	Guiyang	摳, 夾摳, 夾殼, 小氣
	Zunyi	摳, 夾殼兒
	Bijie	夾摳, 夾殼
	Liping	吝嗇, 摳, 小氣
	Zhaotong	小氣
	Dali	尖鉤鉤
	Kunming	吝嗇, 小氣, 秀, 秀氣郎當
	Mengzi	摳
	Guilin	摳
	Guilin (Lingui)	吝嗇
	Liuzhou	吝嗇, 摳, 沙, 小氣
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	吝嗇
	Jishou	摳
	Changde	摳
	Hanzhong	嗇皮
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	摳, 嗇, 小氣, 尿日鬼
	Yangzhou	摳, 小氣, 嗇掐, 嗇苛, 嗇, 吝嗇
	Lianyungang	吝嗇, 免頭
	Lianshui	小氣
	Nantong	小氣, 嗇掐
	Anqing	摳
	Wuhu	摳, 尿
	Hefei	摳, 小氣, 算小
	Hong'an	小氣, 慳, 刻薄
Cantonese	Guangzhou	孤寒, 慳濕, 度縮, 眼緊, 縮骨, 麻米, 細囈, 小氣, 知微, 知慎
	Hong Kong	孤寒, 度縮, 縮骨
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	孤寒
	Macau	孤寒
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	孤寒
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	孤寒
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	孤寒
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	孤寒
	Foshan	孤寒
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	孤寒
	Foshan (Shunde)	孤寒
	Foshan (Sanshui)	孤寒
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	孤寒
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	孤寒
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	孤寒
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	孤寒
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	孤寒
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	孤寒
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	孤寒
	Taishan	孤寒, 針屎
	Kaiping (Chikan)	孤寒, 針屎
	Enping (Niujiang)	耳屎, 孤寒
	Heshan (Yayao)	孤寒
	Dongguan	孤寒, 縮骨
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	孤寒
	Qingyuan	孤寒
	Fogang	孤寒
	Yingde (Hanguang)	孤寒
	Yangshan	孤寒
	Lianshan (Butian)	慳
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	孤寒
	Shaoguan	孤寒
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	孤寒
	Renhua	孤寒
	Lechang	孤寒
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	孤寒
	Sihui	孤寒
	Guangning	孤寒
	Deqing	孤寒
	Huaiji	孤寒
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	孤寒
	Yunfu	孤寒
	Xinxing	孤寒
	Luoding	孤寒
	Yunan (Pingtai)	孤寒
	Yangjiang	孤寒, 小格
	Xinyi	孤寒
	Lianjiang	小氣, 慳嗇
	Nanning	孤寒, 小氣
	Wuzhou	孤寒
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	慳
	Lingshan	慳
	Pubei	慳
	Beihai	慳濕, 孤寒
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	孤寒
	Danzhou	細氣
	Singapore (Guangfu)	孤寒
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	小氣
	Móng Cái	孤寒
Gan	Nanchang	嗇, 小氣
	Lichuan	慳吝, 小氣
	Pingxiang	肋嗇, 嗇魔, 小氣
Hakka	Meixian	齧, 齧察, 歪, 孤寒, 皮西艾曬, 唆嗇, 淒老
	Xingning	歪
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	孤寒, 蔑屑
	Huidong (Daling)	小氣, 孤寒
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	孤寒
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	孤寒
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	孤寒
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	孤寒
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	孤寒
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	孤寒
	Jiexi	嗇
	Luhe	齧察
	Changting	癄
	Wuping	齧
	Wuping (Pingyu)	歪, 齧察
	Ninghua	精
	Yudu	小氣, 小相
	Ruijin	小氣
	Shangyou (Shexi)	精, 小氣
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	齧, 齧察, 鹹合澀, 鹹澀
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	齧, 齧察, 齧唧, 鹹合澀, 鹹澀
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	齧, 齧察, 齧合澀, 澀齧
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	齧, 齧察, 鹹合澀
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	齧察, 齧合澀
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	硞, 虯, 鹹合澀
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	摳
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	小氣
Huizhou	Jixi	小毛, 小氣, 小鬼
Huizhou	Shexian	小氣, 吃小米
Jin	Taiyuan	小氣, 摳索, 吝嗇
	Pingyao	摳, 小氣
	Yangyuan	吝嗇, 摳, 磨慳, 慳
	Datong	吝嗇, 摳
	Xinzhou	鬼祟, 小氣
	Lüliang (Lishi)	摳
	Changzhi	摳, 慳, 摳搜
	Linhe	憋, 缺
	Jining	摳
	Hohhot	小氣
	Erenhot	摳, 小氣
	Pingshan	摳唆
	Zhangjiakou	摳門兒, 摳, 吝嗇
	Handan	小氣, 摳兒門兒, 摳兒, 嗇結頭
	Linzhou	摳
	Suide	嗇
Northern Min	Jian'ou	嗇鄙, 小癖氣
	Songxi	小氣
	Zhenghe	嗇鄙
	Jianyang	嗇鄙
	Wuyishan	嗇
	Pucheng (Shibei)	嗇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	貽順, 奸狡, 奸狡利, 小氣, 十絕
Eastern Min	Fuqing	小氣, 𣍐捨, 奸小利
Southern Min	Xiamen	枵鬼, 譴相, 小鄙臉, 貓, 貓神, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 貓潲 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 雞孫, 凍霜, 攝屎, 鄙釐, 虯, 竭, 𣍐做儂
	Quanzhou	枵鬼, 譴相, 貓, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 貓潲 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 雞孫, 捻𡳞 vulgar, 捻, 鄙釐, 虯, 𣍐做儂
	Zhangzhou	枵鬼, 小鬼臉, 㾀屎庀 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹澀韌, 蟯, 蟯鬼, 蟯疕, 桶庀, 鄙釐, 毛絲, 虯, 𣍐做儂, 雞攝膣, 攝雞膣, 攝屎, 𠢕儉
	Zhangpu	枝釐
	Yunxiao	夾絲
	Taipei	牛螕, 凍霜, 鹹澀
	Taipei (Wanhua)	凍霜
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	凍霜, 鹹澀, 牛螕, 孤獨
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	牛螕, 苛頭, 凍霜, 鹹澀
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	孤霜, 㾀屎
	Kaohsiung	牛螕, 凍霜, 鹹澀, 硞
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	凍霜, 硞
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	凍霜, 鹹澀, 苛頭, 硞, 虯
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	凍霜, 鹹澀, 苛頭, 硞, 虯
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	凍霜, 苛頭
	Yilan	凍霜, 貓筩, 鹹澀, 虯
	Changhua (Lukang)	虯, 凍霜, 硞, 鹹澀
	Taichung	凍霜, 硞, 硞仔頭
	Taichung (Wuqi)	凍霜
	Tainan	虯, 苛頭, 凍霜, 硞, 鹹澀
	Tainan (Anping)	凍霜, 鹹澀, 硞, 虯
	Taitung	凍霜
	Hsinchu	凍霜, 鹹澀, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹
	Kinmen	凍霜, 孤霜, 鹹澀
	Penghu (Magong)	凍霜, 孤霜, 鹹澀, 牛螕, 虯
	Penghu (Xiyu)	孤獨, 凍霜, 鹹澀, 苛頭
	Penang (Hokkien)	鹹澀, 鹹
	Singapore (Hokkien)	枵鬼, 貓, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 貓潲 vulgar, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar
	Manila (Hokkien)	鹹澀, 鹹, 汌, 貓潲 vulgar
	Longyan	挾潲
	Datian	澀鼻
	Chaozhou	鹹澀
	Shantou	鹹澀
	Jieyang	鹹澀, 酸澀, 迡噝, 奸狡, 鼠鬼相
	Singapore (Teochew)	鹹澀, 貓
	Leizhou	慳, 慳嘜, 刻目, 刺麻
	Wenchang	鹹澀, 細氣
	Haikou	鹹澀
	Singapore (Hainanese)	鹹澀, 鹹
Puxian Min	Putian	儉嗇, 無𡳞成, 慳
Puxian Min	Xianyou	儉嗇, 無𡳞成, 慳
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	孤寒
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	孤寒, 孽屎
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	小氣, 小相
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Chaoyang)	小氣
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	吝嗇
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	小氣
Wu	Shanghai	小氣, 密屑, 賅刁, 摳, 刮皮, 酷, 刁, 勿爽氣
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小氣
	Suzhou	小氣, 算小, 掐
	Wuxi	小氣, 嗇
	Changzhou	小氣
	Danyang	嗇掐, 小氣
	Hangzhou	小氣, 精馬, 精巴
	Ningbo	小氣, 刮皮
	Wenzhou	小氣, 貓, 吃不得
	Jinhua	小氣, 刻嗇, 貓涴
Xiang	Changsha	吝毛, 小氣, 摳, 疜
	Loudi	小相
	Shuangfeng	小氣
	Quanzhou	吝嗇
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	小相
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	小氣

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “stingy”): 大方 (dàfāng)

Derived terms

小氣鬼 / 小气鬼 (xiǎoqìguǐ)