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慳

简悭 · 繁慳

Mandarin · pinyin qiān

stingy

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悭: qiān · miserly, parsimonious, stingy

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Cantonese word readings for 慳. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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stingy; miserly
stingy person; miser
(Cantonese) to save; to economize
(Cantonese, by extension) to have less strange ideas; to stop dreaming

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