省

The character "省" has 9 strokes. "省" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "省" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "省" are "shěng" "xǐng" . View the stroke order of "省">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "省"

v.: omit; leave out; economize; save; abbreviate; inspect; examine oneself; visit (one's parents/elders); ask after; become conscious; be aware

n.: province; provincial capital

• omit : v.省略；删除；排除；忽略；遗漏
• leave out : 忽略, 不考虑；漏掉, 遗漏
• economize : v.节省；节俭
• save : v.救助；搭救；挽救；积攒；储蓄；节省；阻止对方得；阻止对方赢得；保存；减少
• abbreviate : v.缩写；节略
• inspect : v.检查；审视；视察
• ask after : 打听；问问；问候
• be aware : 发觉；注意到；意识到
• province : n.省；范围；领域；北爱尔兰；教省；行省；京都大邑以外的地方；外省；外地
• provincial capital : 省会

Form words with "省"

省代表队 provincial team

省时间 save time

省着用 use sparingly

Example phrases using "省"

• 家里的事我可一点儿都省不了心。

  I can never free myself from all the worries at home.

• 省点儿劲儿，明天还要苦干一场呢。

  Save your energy for tomorrow’s hard work.

• 我设法省钱，但就是省不下。

  I tried to save money; but I just couldn’t.

• 一些省的超市已经开始把这些奶粉下架了。

  Supermarkets in some provinces had started to pull the milk powder off shelves.

• 怎么省便就怎么做吧。

  Just take the easiest way to do it. / Just do it in the easiest way.

• 给员工工资省下来的钱与增加的维修费相抵了。

  The savings on staff wages are offset by the increased maintenance costs.

• 这样可以省很多事。

  We can make it much simpler this way.

• 我们不能省暖气费，因为孩子们需要暖和的房子。

  We can’t economize on the central heating because the children need a warm house.

• 这些字不能省。

  These words cannot be omitted.

• 在省城里打了几年零工，她竟觉得她的爹娘土里土气。

  Having been a casual labourer in the provincial capital for a few years, she now finds her own parents cloddish.