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省

shěng

HSK 4 Character

What 省 means

1. to save; to economize; to be frugal
2. to omit; to delete; to leave out
3. province
4. provincial capital
5. a ministry (of the Japanese government)

Other readings

省 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xǐngto scrutinize; to reflect (on one's conduct); to come to realize

Example sentences

• 省省吧！
  Save it!
• 乘巴士更省钱。
  It is cheaper to go by bus.
• 这辆车很省油。
  This car is very economical on gas.
• 我省略了什么？
  What did I omit?
• 天啊，省省吧。
  Jeez, give it a rest.
• 我在省钱买新车。
  Wǒ zài shěngqián mǎi xīn chē.
  I'm saving up to buy a new car.

Words starting with 省

• 省略shěng lüèto leave out; an omission
• 省会shěng huìprovincial capital
• 省钱shěng qiánto save money
• 省委shěng wěiprovincial Party committee
• 省级shěng jí(administrative) province-level
• 省长shěng zhǎnggovernor of a province
• 省市shěng shìprovinces and cities
• 省得shěng deto avoid; so as to save (money or time)
• 省城shěng chéngprovincial capital
• 省份shěng fènprovince
• 省事xǐng shìperceptive; understanding; (archaic) to handle administrative work
• 省去shěng qùto omit; to dispense with; to make unnecesary
• 省吃俭用shěng chī jiǎn yòng(idiom) to live frugally
• 省心shěng xīnto cause no trouble; to be spared worry; worry-free
• 省力shěng lìto save labor; to save effort
• 省电shěng diànto save electricity
• 省亲xǐng qīnto visit one's parents
• 省便shěng biànconvenient
• 省却shěng quèto save; to get rid of (so saving space)
• 省察xǐng cháto examine; to cast a critical eye over (especially in the context of introspection)
• 省治shěng zhìa provincial capital
• 省流shěng liúto conserve mobile data; to minimize mobile data usage (abbr. for 省流量
• 省界shěng jièprovincial boundary
• 省称shěng chēngabbreviation

Words containing 省

• 节省jié shěngsaving; to save; to use sparingly
• 全省quán shěngthe whole province
• 广东省Guǎng dōng ShěngGuangdong Province, capital Guangzhou 广州市
• 反省fǎn xǐngto reflect upon oneself; to examine one's conscience; to question oneself
• 河北省Hé běi ShěngHebei Province, capital Shijiazhuang 石家庄市
• 山东省Shān dōng ShěngShandong Province, capital Jinan 济南市
• 江苏省Jiāng sū ShěngJiangsu Province, capital Nanjing 南京市
• 河南省Hé nán ShěngHenan Province, capital Zhengzhou 郑州市
• 辽宁省Liáo níng ShěngLiaoning Province, capital Shenyang 沈阳市
• 四川省Sì chuān ShěngSichuan Province, capital Chengdu 成都市
• 湖南省Hú nán ShěngHunan Province, capital Changsha 长沙市
• 浙江省Zhè jiāng ShěngZhejiang Province, capital Hangzhou 杭州市
• 吉林省Jí lín ShěngJilin Province, capital Changchun 长春市
• 湖北省Hú běi ShěngHubei Province, capital Wuhan 武汉市
• 黑龙江省Hēi lóng jiāng ShěngHeilongjiang Province, capital Harbin 哈尔滨市
• 云南省Yún nán ShěngYunnan Province, capital Kunming 昆明市
• 安徽省Ān huī ShěngAnhui Province, capital Hefei 合肥市
• 福建省Fú jiàn ShěngFujian Province, capital Fuzhou 福州市
• 外省wài shěnganother province (relative to the local one)
• 陕西省Shǎn xī ShěngShaanxi Province, capital Xi'an 西安市
• 山西省Shān xī ShěngShanxi Province, capital Taiyuan 太原市
• 甘肃省Gān sù ShěngGansu Province, capital Lanzhou 兰州市
• 江西省Jiāng xī ShěngJiangxi Province, capital Nanchang 南昌市
• 海南省Hǎi nán ShěngHainan Province, capital Haikou 海口市

Characters that look like 省

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 害hàito do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm
• 首shǒuhead; chief; first (occasion, thing etc)
• 盾dùnshield; (currency) Vietnamese dong; currency unit of several countries…
• 盲mángblind
• 畜xùto raise (animals)
• 耆qíman of sixty or seventy

Sounds the same

Read shěng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 眚cataract of the eye; error
• 㗂variant of 省; tight-lipped; to examine