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手紧
shǒu​jǐn

tightfisted

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
手紧 手緊 shǒu​jǐn
tightfisted
to be stingy or reluctant to spend money; closefisted
short of money
to be hard up for cash; lacking sufficient funds to spend

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.030 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.464 per million

Cross-References

Antonym

  • 手松 shǒu​sōng

Synonym

  • 手头紧 shǒu​tóu​jǐn

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)