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悭

慳
qiān
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 stingy
  2. 2 miserly

Examples

HSK 6
这个人很悭，一分钱都不肯花。
Zhège rén hěn qiān, yì fēn qián dōu bù kěn huā.
This person is so stingy he is unwilling to spend a single cent.
HSK 7-9
悭吝就是对钱很小气。
Qiān lìn jiùshì duì qián hěn xiǎoqi.
To be stingy and miserly means to be grudging with money.

Tips

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悭 is a literary word for stinginess, most often in 悭吝 (miserly). Everyday speech prefers 小气 or 吝啬.

Components

radical
忄 xīn
heart; feeling
忄 is the heart radical 心 in left-side form. Stinginess is a disposition of the heart, so the feeling radical fixes the meaning.
phonetic
坚 jiān
hard; firm
坚 supplies the sound, drifted from jiān to qiān. Its sense of being hard and unyielding also faintly suits a tight-fisted, ungiving heart.

Stroke Order

悭 qiān