小便宜

xiǎopiányi

noun #39,025

Meanings

HSK 4

有些人为了一点小便宜，能排一个小时的队。

Yǒuxiē rén wèile yìdiǎn xiǎopiányi, néng pái yí ge xiǎoshí de duì.

Some people will queue for an hour over a tiny bargain.

HSK 5

我不喜欢爱占小便宜的人。

Wǒ bù xǐhuan ài zhàn xiǎopiányi de rén.

I don't like people who are always after petty gains.

mistakes

Read it as 小 + 便宜, not 小便 (urine) + 宜. 便宜 here is "an advantage", not "cheap". The usual verbs are 占 (to grab) and 贪 (to be greedy for): 占小便宜, 贪小便宜.

小 xiǎo

便 biàn

宜 yí