# 一毛不拔 (yīmáobùbá)

In Mandarin Chinese, 一毛不拔 (yīmáobùbá) means “extremely stingy; tightfisted”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: extremely stingy; tightfisted
- Pinyin: yīmáobùbá (yi1 mao2 bu4 ba2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 那个富翁对别人一毛不拔。
  Nàge fùwēng duì biérén yīmáobùbá.
  That rich man is extremely stingy toward others.

## Characters

- [一](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-one/) (yī): one
- [毛](https://hanziro.com/word/mao-hair/) (máo): hair; wool
- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [拔](https://hanziro.com/word/ba-pull-out/) (bá): to pull out; to pull up

https://hanziro.com/word/yi-mao-bu-ba-extremely-stingy/

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