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节约

jié yuē

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 節約

节约 (jié yuē) means "economize/save". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 节约 means

1. to economize
2. to conserve (resources)
3. economy
4. frugal

The characters in 节约

• 节jiéjoint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term…
• 约yuēto make an appointment; to invite; approximately

Example sentences

• 请节约用电。
  Please save electricity.
• 我节约我有的钱。
  Wǒ jiéyuē wǒ yǒu de qián.
  I save what money I got.
• 节约是一种美德。
  Frugality is a virtue.
• 这样做你能节约几个小时。
  Zhèyàng zuò nǐ néng jiéyuē jǐge xiǎoshí.
  If you do it this way, you can save several hours.
• 他勤俭节约，甚至是小气的。
  He is thrifty, not to say stingy.
• 节约能源可减少温室气体排出到大气层。
  Saving energy can reduce the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

Words containing 节约

• 日光节约时rì guāng jié yuē shídaylight saving time
• 厉行节约lì xíng jié yuēto practice strict economy (idiom)
• 勤俭节约qín jiǎn jié yuē(idiom) diligent and thrifty

Where 节约 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Shopping & everyday consumption (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jié yuē correctly.
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