"to be miserly" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
吝惜	lìn xī	to stint / to be miserly	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
小气小氣	xiǎo qì	stingy / miserly / narrow-minded / petty	syn
吝啬吝嗇	lìn sè	stingy / mean / miserly	syn
咸鹹	xián	salted / salty / stingy / miserly	syn
抠摳	kōu	to dig / to pick / to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed) / to carve / to cut / to study meticulously / stingy / miserly / to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe)	syn
悭吝慳吝	qiān lìn	(literary) miserly / stingy	syn
善财难舍善財難捨	shàn cái nán shě	to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up (idiom) / refusing to contribute to charity / skinflint / miserly
鄙吝	bǐ lìn	vulgar / stingy / miserly / mean	syn
悭俭慳儉	qiān jiǎn	miserly / stingy
孤寒	gū hán	alone and poor / humble / (Cantonese) miserly
鸡贼雞賊	jī zéi	(dialect) stingy / miserly / crafty / cunning

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