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小气

xiǎo qì

HSK 5 2-character word Traditional 小氣

What 小气 means

1. stingy
2. miserly
3. narrow-minded
4. petty

The characters in 小气

• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few
• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather

Example sentences

• 汤姆很小气。
  Tom is stingy.

Words starting with 小气

• 小气候xiǎo qì hòumicroclimate; fig. local situation
• 小气鬼xiǎo qì guǐmiser; penny-pincher

Sounds the same

Read xiǎo qì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 小憩to rest for a bit; to take a breather