小家子气 |
xiǎo jiā zi qì |
petty / small-minded |
小 |
xiǎo |
small / tiny / few / young |
家 |
jiā |
used in 家伙 and 家俱 |
家 |
jiā |
home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:个 |
家子 |
jiā zi |
household / family |
子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
子 |
zi |
(noun suffix) |
气 |
qì |
gas; air / smell / weather / to make angry; to annoy; to get angry / vital energy; qi |