寒酸 [－－]

Jyutping hon4 syun1
Pinyin hán suān

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. wretched
  2. poverty-stricken
  3. unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc)
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (adjective) Shabby
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    形容​裝扮​唔​光鮮​、​破舊​；​亦​指人​孤寒​、​鐸​叔​、​潦倒
    (of clothes) shabby; ragged; unseemly; (of people) mean, stingy, miserly
    • 佢着得好寒酸。
      佢着得好寒酸。
      keoi5 zoek3 dak1 hou2 hon4 syun1.
      He was shabbily dressed.
    • 覺唔覺佢成日慳住慳住咁做人，好鬼寒酸？
      觉唔觉佢成日悭住悭住咁做人，好鬼寒酸？
      gok3 m4 gok3 keoi5 seng4 jat6 haan1 zyu6 haan1 zyu6 gam2 zou6 jan4, hou2 gwai2 hon4 syun1?
      Do you think he is too frugal in his daily life, that makes him looks so stingy ?
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    shabby and miserable (usually of a poor scholar)
  2. adj
    poverty-stricken; poor
  3. noun, archaic
    poor scholar
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    大楼看上去那么寒酸。
    大樓看上去那麼寒酸。
    dà lóu kàn shang qu nà me hán suān 。
    • The buildings look so tiny.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢着得好寒酸。
    佢着得好寒酸。
    keoi5 zoek3 dak1 hou2 hon4 syun1.
    • He was shabbily dressed.
  2. Cantonese
    觉唔觉佢成日悭住悭住咁做人，好鬼寒酸？
    覺唔覺佢成日慳住慳住咁做人，好鬼寒酸？
    gok3 m4 gok3 keoi5 seng4 jat6 haan1 zyu6 haan1 zyu6 gam2 zou6 jan4, hou2 gwai2 hon4 syun1?
    • Do you think he is too frugal in his daily life, that makes him looks so stingy ?
  3. Cantonese
    我著得咁寒酸，如果参加宴会实会俾人白眼！
    我著得咁寒酸，如果參加宴會實會俾人白眼！
    ngo5 zoek3 dak1 gam3 hon4 syun1, jyu4 gwo2 caam1 gaa1 jin3 wui6 sat6 wui5 bei2 jan4 baak6 ngaan5!
    • My clothes are so shabby. People are going to look at me with disdain if I go to the party like this.