Stingy and Frugal Difference, Meaning, and Pronunciation with Example English Sentences

Hello, everyone. My name is Robin. 

大家好。我叫罗宾。

And in this video, I'm going to talk about  two expressions that describe how people use, 

在本视频中，我将讨论两种描述人们如何使用

or control money.

或控制金钱的表达方式。

One is positive. And one is negative. All right. 

一是积极的。还有一个是负面的。好的。

So these two adjectives, the first one,  we're going to talk about, is ‘stingy’. 

所以这两个形容词，我们要讨论的第一个形容词，是“小气”。

Okay. Now, let's focus on the pronunciation first. 

好的。现在，我们首先关注发音。

‘stingy’ A lot of my students mistakenly say ‘stingee’. 

“吝啬” 我的很多学生都错误地说“吝啬”。

Okay. You got to be very careful. 

好的。你必须非常小心。

It is pronounced ‘stingy’. And what does stingy mean? 

它的发音是“吝啬”。吝啬是什么意思？

Well, someone who is stingy -  they don't like to spend money. 

嗯，就是一个小气的人——他们不喜欢花钱。

They don't like to share money. Okay. 

他们不喜欢分享金钱。好的。

They are very greedy. They are not generous. 

他们非常贪婪。他们并不慷慨。

They are exactly like Scrooge. You may have, you may have heard,  

他们就像斯克鲁奇一样。你可能听说过、

or know about Scrooge. He is a very stingy guy. 

或者知道斯克鲁奇。他是一个非常小气的人。

He does not want to share any of his money. All right, so, to help us understand stingy  

他不想分享他的任何钱。好吧，为了帮助我们

a little bit better, let's look  at a few example sentences. 

更好地理解吝啬，让我们看几个例句。

Okay. So the first example for stingy. 

好的。所以第一个例子就是小气。

He doesn't want to give his  son bus money. He is stingy. 

他不想给儿子坐公交车的钱。他很小气。

Alright, so, yeah, this father doesn't  want to give his son any bus money. 

好吧，所以，是的，这位父亲不想给他儿子任何坐公交车的钱。

Okay. That's a very stingy guy. Let's look at the next example. 

好的。这是一个非常小气的家伙。让我们看下一个例子。

I was so thirsty, but my sister  wouldn't buy me water. She's stingy. 

我很渴，但姐姐不给我买水。她很小气。

Okay, again, my sister very bad. I'm so thirsty, but she wouldn't  

好吧，再说一遍，我妹妹太坏了。我很渴，但她

buy me even water. Yeah, she's very stingy. 

连水都不给我买。是的，她很小气。

Okay. So we just saw some examples of stingy. 

好的。所以我们只是看到了一些小气的例子。

I hope you are not stingy. It's a very negative word to call someone. 

希望你不要小气。给某人打电话是一个非常负面的词。

But there is a positive word. And that's our next word. 

但有一个积极的词。这就是我们的下一个词。

That word is ‘frugal’. Listen to the pronunciation. 

这个词就是“节俭”。听发音。

‘frugal’ Okay, so a person who is frugal,  

“节俭”好吧，一个节俭的人，

they don't like to waste money. All right. 

他们不喜欢浪费钱。好的。

They like to save money or keep their  money and control their money very well. 

他们喜欢存钱或保留钱，并且很好地控制自己的钱。

So for example, someone goes to the  market to buy some items or some things. 

例如，有人去市场买一些物品或一些东西。

They’re probably going to buy the cheaper items. Okay. 

他们可能会购买更便宜的物品。好的。

They don't like to waste money on  brand names or expensive items. 

他们不喜欢把钱浪费在品牌或昂贵的物品上。

Okay. So people who like to spend less money  

好的。所以那些喜欢少花钱买

for things to save money they are frugal. All right. 

东西以省钱的人就是节俭的。好的。

So let's take a look at a few  examples to understand frugal. 

那么让我们看几个例子来理解节俭。

Okay. Let's look at the first example for frugal. 

好的。让我们看第一个节俭的例子。

My father usually takes the bus to  work instead of driving. He is frugal. 

我父亲通常乘公共汽车去上班，而不是开车。他很节俭。

So, yeah, the father takes  the bus instead of driving,  

所以，是的，父亲乘公共汽车而不是开车，

so he's probably saving money on the oil price. 

所以他可能在油价上省钱。

He's a very frugal guy. Let's look at the next example. 

他是一个非常节俭的人。让我们看下一个例子。

My sister always uses coupons when she  buys something at the store. She is frugal. 

我姐姐在商店买东西时总是使用优惠券。她很节俭。

Okay. So she's always using coupons to save money. 

好的。所以她总是用优惠券来省钱。

She's very frugal. Alright. 

她非常节俭。好吧。

So those were the examples of frugal. Okay. 

这些都是节俭的例子。好的。

So again, ‘stingy’ is negative. So if you say to someone, “Oh you  

再说一遍，“小气”是消极的。所以如果你对某人说：“哦，你

are stingy.” Okay, it's a very negative thing. That person doesn't want to share their money. 

太小气了。”好吧，这是一件非常消极的事情。那个人不想分享他们的钱。

They just want to keep their money. But on the other hand, if you say to  someone,

他们只是想保留自己的钱。但另一方面，如果你对某人说：

“Oh, you are quite frugal.”  Okay, that's kind of a compliment. Meaning they are good at controlling  their money and not wasting money. 

“哦，你很节俭。”好吧，这是一种赞美。这意味着他们善于控制金钱，不浪费金钱。

All right. So that's it and see you next time.

好的。就这样，下次再见。