吝 (leon6) — stingy; mean; miserly; parsimonious in Cantonese
leonˍ₆吝Mandarin Pinyin: lin4
Meaning of 吝
nounstingy; mean; miserly; parsimonious
Example Sentences with 吝
keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好lanˍ₆吝sikˉ¹嗇。
He is very stingy.
neiˏ₅你mˎ₄唔houˊ²好gam˗₃咁lanˍ₆吝。
Don't be so stingy.
keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好lanˍ₆吝cinˊ²錢。
He's stingy with money.
diˉ¹啲jeˏ₅嘢houˊ²好lanˍ₆吝。
That stuff is cheap/poor quality.
keoiˏ₅佢fanˍ₆份janˎ₄人houˊ²好lanˍ₆吝。
He's a stingy person.
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