小氣鬼

小氣鬼

See also: 小气鬼

Chinese

		stingy; miserly; narrow-minded stingy; miserly; narrow-minded; petty	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (小氣鬼)		小氣	鬼
simp. (小气鬼)		小气	鬼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoqìguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² hei³ gwai²
• Min Nan (POJ): siáu-khì-kúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiǎoqìguǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauchihgoei
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² hei³ gwai²
    • Yale: síu hei gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² hei³ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² héi³ guei²
    • IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ hei̯³³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-khì-kúi
    • Tâi-lô: siáu-khì-kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaw'qie'kuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ kui⁴¹/

Noun

小氣鬼

1. cheapskate; scrooge

Synonyms

• 鐵公雞／铁公鸡 (tiěgōngjī)