手紧

手緊
shǒujǐn
  1. tightfisted
  2. stingy
  3. short of money
  4. hard up

CEDICT

  1. hard up; short of money
  2. tight-fisted; reluctant to spend money

Wiktionary

  1. 吝惜财物。
  2. 缺钱用。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 手 shǒu
  1. hand
  2. (formal) to hold
  3. person engaged in certain types of work
  4. person skilled in certain types of work
  5. personal(ly)
  6. convenient
  7. classifier for skill

classifiers: 雙, 隻
2 紧 jǐn
  1. tight
  2. strict
  3. close at hand
  4. near
  5. urgent
  6. tense
  7. hard up
  8. short of money
  9. to tighten

Related entries

爱财如命 àicáirúmìng
  1. lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom)
  2. fig. avaricious
  3. tightfisted
吝 lìn (bound form) stingy
啬 sè stingy
小气 xiǎoqì
  1. stingy
  2. miserly
  3. narrow-minded
  4. petty
他勤俭节约，甚至是小气的。

He is thrifty, not to say stingy.

Source: Tatoeba

小里小气 xiǎolixiǎoqì
  1. stingy
  2. petty
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