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节省

jié shěng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 節省

节省 (jié shěng) means "to save, economize on". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 节省 means

1. saving
2. to save
3. to use sparingly
4. to cut down on

The characters in 节省

• 节jiéjoint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term…
• 省shěngto save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province

Example sentences

• 我们很节省地旅行。
  Wǒmen hěn jiéshěng de lǚxíng.
  We are traveling on a tight budget.
• 电脑可以节省您的时间。
  Diànnǎo kěyǐ jiéshěng nín de shíjiān.
  Using a computer can save your time.
• 那条桥为我们节省了不少时间。
  The bridge saved us a lot of time.
• 电脑为我们节省了很多时间，解决了很多问题。
  Diànnǎo wèi wǒmen jiéshěng le hěn duō shíjiān, jiějué le hěn duō wèntí.
  Computers save us a lot of time and trouble.
• 如果人们使用这些现代化的机器, 那将节省很多人力。
  Rúguǒ rénmen shǐyòng zhèxiē xiàndàihuà de jīqì, nà jiāng jiéshěng hěn duō rénlì.
  If you use this modern equipment, it will save a lot of manpower.

Where 节省 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Miscellaneous Objects, Places & Terms A (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jié shěng correctly.
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