Don't be a penny-pincher.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
守财奴
miser
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
miser
02
scrooge
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 守财奴 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 守财奴 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The miser opened the box to find his money stolen.
A miser hoards money not because he is prudent but because he is greedy.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 守财奴.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 守财奴.
Directly before
- 这个守财奴1
- 别当守财奴1
Directly after
- 守财奴积聚1
- 守财奴打开1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 守财奴
What does 守财奴 mean in Chinese?
守财奴 (shǒucáinú) means miser.
How do you pronounce 守财奴?
守财奴 is pronounced shǒucáinú.
Is 守财奴 an HSK word?
守财奴 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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