小 xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
小气
xiǎoqi
stingy
Characters in this word
气 qì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 气 — air, gas
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他并不是小气，只是觉得这笔费用没有必要。 Tā bìng bú shì xiǎoqi, zhǐshì juéde zhè bǐ fèiyòng méiyǒu bìyào. He is not being stingy; he just thinks this expense is unnecessary.
- 他对朋友一点儿也不小气，常常请大家吃饭。 Tā duì péngyou yìdiǎnr yě bù xiǎoqi, chángcháng qǐng dàjiā chī fàn. He is not stingy at all with his friends and often treats everyone to a meal.
- 别那么小气，借我你的雨伞用一下吧。 Bié nàme xiǎoqi, jiè wǒ nǐ de yǔsǎn yòng yíxià ba. Don't be so stingy, just lend me your umbrella for a moment.
Related words
- 小 xiǎo small, little
- 小孩儿 xiǎoháir child
- 小姐 xiǎojiě miss, young lady
- 小朋友 xiǎopéngyǒu child, kid
- 小时 xiǎoshí hour
- 小学 xiǎoxué primary school
- 小学生 xiǎoxuéshēng primary school student
- 从小 cóngxiǎo from childhood
- 大小 dàxiǎo size
- 小 xiǎo little (affectionate prefix)
- 小声 xiǎoshēng in a low voice; quietly
- 小时候 xiǎoshíhou in childhood; when young