"Petty" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 小气 | xiǎo qì | stingy / miserly / narrow-minded / petty |   |
| 龌龊 | wò chuò | dirty / filthy / vile / despicable / (literary) narrow-minded / petty | |
| 小儿科 | xiǎo ér kē | pediatrics / pediatric (department) / sth of little importance / trifle / a child's play / (slang) childish / petty / stingy | |
| 小心眼儿 | xiǎo xīn yǎn r | small-minded / petty / narrow-minded | |
| 小家子气 | xiǎo jiā zi qì | petty / small-minded | |
| 小肚鸡肠 | xiǎo dù jī cháng | lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom) / narrow-minded / petty | |
| 小心眼 | xiǎo xīn yǎn | narrow-minded / petty | |
| 小里小气 | xiǎo li xiǎo qì | stingy / petty | |
| 佌 |  cǐ | petty / wretched | |
| 呫 | zhān | to drink / to sip / to taste / to lick / whisper / petty | |
| 心胸狭窄 | xīn xiōng xiá zhǎi | (idiom) narrow-minded / petty / ungenerous | |
| 卑陋 | bēi lòu | humble / petty / crude | |
| 便宜 | pián yi | cheap / inexpensive / a petty advantage / to let sb off lightly | |
| 风月 | fēng yuè | romance / beautiful scenery / small or petty (of talk etc) | |
| 士官 | shì guān | warrant officer / petty officer / noncommissioned officer (NCO) / Japanese military officer | |
| 下士 | xià shì | lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy) | |
| 小动作 | xiǎo dòng zuò | bad habit (e.g. nose-picking) / petty maneuver / dirty trick / gamesmanship | |
| 芝麻官 | zhī ma guān | low ranking official / petty bureaucrat | |
| 小官 | xiǎo guān | petty official / minor functionary | |
| 挑刺 | tiāo cì | to carp / nitpicking / petty criticism | |
| 小资产阶级 | xiǎo zī chǎn jiē jí | petty bourgeois | |
| 周转金 | zhōu zhuǎn jīn | revolving fund / working capital / petty cash / turnover | |
| 挑毛病 | tiāo máo bìng | to nitpick / petty criticism / to nag | |
| 小偷小摸 | xiǎo tōu xiǎo mō | petty theft | |
| 窝囊气 | wō nang qì | pent-up frustration / petty annoyances | |
| 琐屑 | suǒ xiè | trivial matters / petty things | |
| 轻罪 | qīng zuì | petty crime / misdemeanor | |
| 卑卑不足道 | bēi bēi bù zú dào | to be too petty or insignificant to mention / to not be worth mentioning (idiom) | |
| 妙手空空 | miào shǒu kōng kōng | petty thief (lit. quick fingered and vanish) / empty-handed / having nothing | |
| 打小算盘 | dǎ xiǎo suàn pán | lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom) / petty and scheming selfishly / concerned with petty interests / selfish and uncaring of the interests of others / bean counter | |
| 蚁斗蜗争 | yǐ dòu wō zhēng | lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom) / fig. petty squabbling | |
| 孑孑为义 | jié jié wéi yì | petty favors | |
| 煦仁孑义 | xù rén jié yì | petty kindness | |
| 鸡鹜 | jī wù | petty or mean persons | |
| 零用金 | líng yòng jīn | petty cash | |
| 零用基金 | líng yòng jī jīn | petty cash fund | |
| 零用现金凭单 | petty cash voucher | | |
| 定额备用现金 | dìng é bèi yòng xiàn jīn | petty cash / imprest cash | |
| 小商业 | xiǎo shāng yè | petty trading | |
| 定额备用金账户 | petty cash account / imprest account | | |
| 海军士官 | petty officer | | |
| 海军军士 | petty officer | | |
| 海军军士长 | chief petty officer | | |
| 小罪 | minor offence / petty offence | | |
| 轻罪犯 | petty offender | | |
| 耍小聪明 | shuǎ xiǎo cōng ming | to get smart / to resort to petty tricks | |
| 稗官 | bài guān | (old) petty official charged with reporting back to the ruler on what people in a locality are talking about / novel in the vernacular / fiction writer / novelist | |
| 小便宜 | xiǎo pián yi | petty advantage / small gains | |
