| Variety
| Location
| Words |
| Classical Chinese |
吝, 嗇, 慳, 吝嗇, 慳吝 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) |
吝嗇, 小氣, 慳吝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin |
Beijing |
小氣, 摳, 摳兒, 摳門兒, 小摳兒, 死摳兒, 摳搜, 摳唆, 嗇刻 |
| Langfang |
摳 |
| Chengde |
摳兒 |
| Chifeng |
吝嗇, 摳兒 |
| Hulunbuir (Hailar) |
小摳兒, 小氣 |
| Heihe |
吝嗇, 摳, 摳門兒, 小摳兒 |
| Qiqihar |
吝嗇, 摳, 摳門兒 |
| Harbin |
摳, 摳門兒, 小摳兒, 摳搜, 小氣, 夾夾咕咕, 玍屄 |
| Baicheng |
吝嗇, 摳 |
| Changchun |
小摳 |
| Tonghua |
摳門兒 |
| Shenyang |
吝嗇, 小摳, 摳 |
| Jinzhou |
吝嗇, 摳, 摳搜, 渠 |
| Malaysia |
吝嗇 |
| Singapore |
吝嗇 |
| Jilu Mandarin |
Tianjin |
摳兒, 摳門兒, 摳唆, 死摳兒, 窮摳兒 |
| Tangshan |
摳惜 |
| Cangzhou |
摳兒 |
| Baoding |
摳, 窮摳 |
| Shijiazhuang |
摳, 老摳兒 |
| Lijin |
摳, 不出息 |
| Jinan |
摳, 摳門兒, 小氣 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin |
Dalian |
黑饞 |
| Dandong |
吝嗇, 摳, 小摳兒 |
| Yantai |
摳, 奸 |
| Yantai (Muping) |
摳, 摳搜 |
| Qingdao |
奸, 拤古 |
| Zhucheng |
拤古 |
| Central Plains Mandarin |
Luoyang |
摳唆, 小氣, 吝嗇 |
| Lingbao |
吝嗇, 嗇皮 |
| Jining |
摳 |
| Daming |
老摳兒 |
| Wanrong |
摳, 小氣 |
| Linfen |
摳 |
| Shangqiu |
摳, 老鱉一 |
| Yuanyang |
摳兒 |
| Zhengzhou |
摳, 尖 |
| Xinyang |
尖 |
| Baihe |
嗇皮 |
| Xi'an |
小氣, 嗇, 吝嗇, 嗇皮, 摳 |
| Baoji |
嗇皮 |
| Tianshui |
吝嗇 |
| Xining |
摳, 摳皮, 細詳, 搜, 小氣 |
| Xuzhou |
搜, 摳, 搜摳兒, 搜摳, 搜屄摳兒, 薄氣, 不出血 |
| Fuyang |
吝嗇, 摳, 尖 |
| Lanyin Mandarin |
Yinchuan |
摳搜, 薄嗇, 嗇, 小氣 |
| Lanzhou |
摳搜, 嗇皮, 嗇, 小氣 |
| Dunhuang |
嗇 |
| Hami |
摳 |
| Ürümqi |
摳, 摳搜, 嗇皮, 小氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin |
Chengdu |
摳, 小氣, 夾, 苟, 嗇, 坎 |
| Nanchong |
吝嗇, 摳 |
| Hanyuan |
嗇 |
| Xichang |
嗇, 坎 |
| Zigong |
吝嗇, 摳 |
| Chongqing |
吝嗇, 夾, 財, 老默, 摳 |
| Wuhan |
吝嗇, 摳, 慳, 小氣 |
| Yichang |
吝嗇, 嗇, 小氣 |
| Xiangyang |
吝嗇, 雀薄 |
| Tianmen |
吝嗇 |
| Guiyang |
摳, 夾摳, 夾殼, 小氣 |
| Zunyi |
摳, 夾殼兒 |
| Bijie |
夾摳, 夾殼 |
| Liping |
吝嗇, 摳, 小氣 |
| Zhaotong |
小氣 |
| Dali |
尖鉤鉤 |
| Kunming |
吝嗇, 小氣, 秀, 秀氣郎當 |
| Mengzi |
摳 |
| Guilin |
摳 |
| Guilin (Lingui) |
吝嗇 |
| Liuzhou |
吝嗇, 摳, 沙, 小氣 |
| Liuzhou (Luorong) |
吝嗇 |
| Jishou |
摳 |
| Changde |
摳 |
| Hanzhong |
嗇皮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin |
Nanjing |
摳, 嗇, 小氣, 尿日鬼 |
| Yangzhou |
摳, 小氣, 嗇掐, 嗇苛, 嗇, 吝嗇 |
| Lianyungang |
吝嗇, 免頭 |
| Lianshui |
小氣 |
| Nantong |
小氣, 嗇掐 |
| Anqing |
摳 |
| Wuhu |
摳, 尿 |
| Hefei |
摳, 小氣, 算小 |
| Hong'an |
小氣, 慳, 刻薄 |
| Cantonese |
Guangzhou |
孤寒, 慳濕, 度縮, 眼緊, 縮骨, 麻米, 細囈, 小氣, 知微, 知慎 |
| Hong Kong |
孤寒, 度縮, 縮骨 |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) |
孤寒 |
| Macau |
孤寒 |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) |
孤寒 |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) |
孤寒 |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) |
孤寒 |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) |
孤寒 |
| Foshan |
孤寒 |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) |
孤寒 |
| Foshan (Shunde) |
孤寒 |
| Foshan (Sanshui) |
孤寒 |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) |
孤寒 |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) |
孤寒 |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) |
孤寒 |
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) |
孤寒 |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) |
孤寒 |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) |
孤寒 |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) |
孤寒 |
| Taishan |
孤寒, 針屎 |
| Kaiping (Chikan) |
孤寒, 針屎 |
| Enping (Niujiang) |
耳屎, 孤寒 |
| Heshan (Yayao) |
孤寒 |
| Dongguan |
孤寒, 縮骨 |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) |
孤寒 |
| Qingyuan |
孤寒 |
| Fogang |
孤寒 |
| Yingde (Hanguang) |
孤寒 |
| Yangshan |
孤寒 |
| Lianshan (Butian) |
慳 |
| Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) |
孤寒 |
| Shaoguan |
孤寒 |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) |
孤寒 |
| Renhua |
孤寒 |
| Lechang |
孤寒 |
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) |
孤寒 |
| Sihui |
孤寒 |
| Guangning |
孤寒 |
| Deqing |
孤寒 |
| Huaiji |
孤寒 |
| Fengkai (Nanfeng) |
孤寒 |
| Yunfu |
孤寒 |
| Xinxing |
孤寒 |
| Luoding |
孤寒 |
| Yunan (Pingtai) |
孤寒 |
| Yangjiang |
孤寒, 小格 |
| Xinyi |
孤寒 |
| Lianjiang |
小氣, 慳嗇 |
| Nanning |
孤寒, 小氣 |
| Wuzhou |
孤寒 |
| Beiliu (Tangliao) |
慳 |
| Lingshan |
慳 |
| Pubei |
慳 |
| Beihai |
慳濕, 孤寒 |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) |
孤寒 |
| Danzhou |
細氣 |
| Singapore (Guangfu) |
孤寒 |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) |
小氣 |
| Móng Cái |
孤寒 |
| Gan |
Nanchang |
嗇, 小氣 |
| Lichuan |
慳吝, 小氣 |
| Pingxiang |
肋嗇, 嗇魔, 小氣 |
| Hakka |
Meixian |
齧, 齧察, 歪, 孤寒, 皮西艾曬, 唆嗇, 淒老 |
| Xingning |
歪 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) |
孤寒, 蔑屑 |
| Huidong (Daling) |
小氣, 孤寒 |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) |
孤寒 |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) |
孤寒 |
| Zhongshan (Wuguishan) |
孤寒 |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) |
孤寒 |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) |
孤寒 |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) |
孤寒 |
| Jiexi |
嗇 |
| Luhe |
齧察 |
| Changting |
癄 |
| Wuping |
齧 |
| Wuping (Pingyu) |
歪, 齧察 |
| Ninghua |
精 |
| Yudu |
小氣, 小相 |
| Ruijin |
小氣 |
| Shangyou (Shexi) |
精, 小氣 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) |
齧, 齧察, 鹹合澀, 鹹澀 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) |
齧, 齧察, 齧唧, 鹹合澀, 鹹澀 |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) |
齧, 齧察, 齧合澀, 澀齧 |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) |
齧, 齧察, 鹹合澀 |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) |
齧察, 齧合澀 |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) |
硞, 虯, 鹹合澀 |
| Luchuan (Daqiao) |
摳 |
| Beiliu (Tang'an) |
小氣 |
| Huizhou |
Jixi |
小毛, 小氣, 小鬼 |
| Shexian |
小氣, 吃小米 |
| Jin |
Taiyuan |
小氣, 摳索, 吝嗇 |
| Pingyao |
摳, 小氣 |
| Yangyuan |
吝嗇, 摳, 磨慳, 慳 |
| Datong |
吝嗇, 摳 |
| Xinzhou |
鬼祟, 小氣 |
| Lüliang (Lishi) |
摳 |
| Changzhi |
摳, 慳, 摳搜 |
| Linhe |
憋, 缺 |
| Jining |
摳 |
| Hohhot |
小氣 |
| Erenhot |
摳, 小氣 |
| Pingshan |
摳唆 |
| Zhangjiakou |
摳門兒, 摳, 吝嗇 |
| Handan |
小氣, 摳兒門兒, 摳兒, 嗇結頭 |
| Linzhou |
摳 |
| Suide |
嗇 |
| Northern Min |
Jian'ou |
嗇鄙, 小癖氣 |
| Songxi |
小氣 |
| Zhenghe |
嗇鄙 |
| Jianyang |
嗇鄙 |
| Wuyishan |
嗇 |
| Pucheng (Shibei) |
嗇 |
| Eastern Min |
Fuzhou |
貽順, 奸狡, 奸狡利, 小氣, 十絕 |
| Fuqing |
小氣, 𣍐捨, 奸小利 |
| Southern Min |
Xiamen |
枵鬼, 譴相, 小鄙臉, 貓, 貓神, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 貓潲 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 雞孫, 凍霜, 攝屎, 鄙釐, 虯, 竭, 𣍐做儂 |
| Quanzhou |
枵鬼, 譴相, 貓, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 貓潲 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 雞孫, 捻𡳞 vulgar, 捻, 鄙釐, 虯, 𣍐做儂 |
| Zhangzhou |
枵鬼, 小鬼臉, 㾀屎庀 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹澀韌, 蟯, 蟯鬼, 蟯疕, 桶庀, 鄙釐, 毛絲, 虯, 𣍐做儂, 雞攝膣, 攝雞膣, 攝屎, 𠢕儉 |
| Zhangpu |
枝釐 |
| Yunxiao |
夾絲 |
| Taipei |
牛螕, 凍霜, 鹹澀 |
| Taipei (Wanhua) |
凍霜 |
| New Taipei (Tamsui) |
凍霜, 鹹澀, 牛螕, 孤獨 |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) |
牛螕, 苛頭, 凍霜, 鹹澀 |
| New Taipei (Pingxi) |
孤霜, 㾀屎 |
| Kaohsiung |
牛螕, 凍霜, 鹹澀, 硞 |
| Kaohsiung (Cijin) |
凍霜, 硞 |
| Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) |
凍霜, 鹹澀, 苛頭, 硞, 虯 |
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) |
凍霜, 鹹澀, 苛頭, 硞, 虯 |
| Kaohsiung (Tianliao) |
凍霜, 苛頭 |
| Yilan |
凍霜, 貓筩, 鹹澀, 虯 |
| Changhua (Lukang) |
虯, 凍霜, 硞, 鹹澀 |
| Taichung |
凍霜, 硞, 硞仔頭 |
| Taichung (Wuqi) |
凍霜 |
| Tainan |
虯, 苛頭, 凍霜, 硞, 鹹澀 |
| Tainan (Anping) |
凍霜, 鹹澀, 硞, 虯 |
| Taitung |
凍霜 |
| Hsinchu |
凍霜, 鹹澀, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹 |
| Kinmen |
凍霜, 孤霜, 鹹澀 |
| Penghu (Magong) |
凍霜, 孤霜, 鹹澀, 牛螕, 虯 |
| Penghu (Xiyu) |
孤獨, 凍霜, 鹹澀, 苛頭 |
| Penang (Hokkien) |
鹹澀, 鹹 |
| Singapore (Hokkien) |
枵鬼, 貓, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 貓潲 vulgar, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar |
| Manila (Hokkien) |
鹹澀, 鹹, 汌, 貓潲 vulgar |
| Longyan |
挾潲 |
| Datian |
澀鼻 |
| Chaozhou |
鹹澀 |
| Shantou |
鹹澀 |
| Jieyang |
鹹澀, 酸澀, 迡噝, 奸狡, 鼠鬼相 |
| Singapore (Teochew) |
鹹澀, 貓 |
| Leizhou |
慳, 慳嘜, 刻目, 刺麻 |
| Wenchang |
鹹澀, 細氣 |
| Haikou |
鹹澀 |
| Singapore (Hainanese) |
鹹澀, 鹹 |
| Puxian Min |
Putian |
儉嗇, 無𡳞成, 慳 |
| Xianyou |
儉嗇, 無𡳞成, 慳 |
| Zhongshan Min |
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) |
孤寒 |
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang) |
孤寒, 孽屎 |
| Southern Pinghua |
Nanning (Tingzi) |
小氣, 小相 |
| Northern Pinghua |
Guilin (Chaoyang) |
小氣 |
| Guilin (Zhuyuan) |
吝嗇 |
| Lingchuan (Tanxia) |
小氣 |
| Wu |
Shanghai |
小氣, 密屑, 賅刁, 摳, 刮皮, 酷, 刁, 勿爽氣 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) |
小氣 |
| Suzhou |
小氣, 算小, 掐 |
| Wuxi |
小氣, 嗇 |
| Changzhou |
小氣 |
| Danyang |
嗇掐, 小氣 |
| Hangzhou |
小氣, 精馬, 精巴 |
| Ningbo |
小氣, 刮皮 |
| Wenzhou |
小氣, 貓, 吃不得 |
| Jinhua |
小氣, 刻嗇, 貓涴 |
| Xiang |
Changsha |
吝毛, 小氣, 摳, 疜 |
| Loudi |
小相 |
| Shuangfeng |
小氣 |
| Quanzhou |
吝嗇 |
| Guanyang (Wenshi) |
小相 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua |
Jiangyong |
小氣 |