shěng

HSK 2

省 (shěng) is a Chinese word meaning “to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province”.

Meanings

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

Related words

省(bound form) to scrutinize节省saving反省to reflect upon oneself不省人事to lose consciousness省钱to save money省略to leave out省事to simplify matters; to save trouble省事perceptive; understanding省去to omit省得to avoid省心to cause no trouble发人深省to provide food for thought (idiom)

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