省 (shěng)
To save; to economize; province.
How 省 is written
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 小 — small
- Traditional
- 省
- Simplified
- 省 (unchanged)
省 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- shěng
- to save; to economize; to do without; to omit
- xǐng
- introspection; to examine oneself critically; awareness; to visit (an elderly relative)
Common words using 省
- 節省 jiéshěng
- saving; to save; to use sparingly
- 反省 fǎnxǐng
- to engage in introspection; soul-searching
- 吉林省 jílínshěng
- Jilin province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. 吉, capital Changchun 長春|长春
- 四川省 sìchuānshěng
- Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川 or 蜀, capital Chengdu 成都
- 安徽省 ānhuīshěng
- Anhui province (Anhwei) in south central China, abbr. 皖, capital Hefei 合肥
- 山東省 shāndōngshěng
- Shandong province (Shantung) in northeast China, abbr. 魯|鲁, capital Ji'nan 濟南|济南
- 山西省 shānxīshěng
- Shanxi province (Shansi) in north China between Hebei and Shaanxi, abbr. 晋 capital Taiyuan 太原
- 廣東省 guǎngdōngshěng
- Guangdong province (Kwangtung) in south China, abbr. 粤, capital Guangzhou 廣州|广州
- 江蘇省 jiāngsūshěng
- Jiangsu province (Kiangsu) in southeast China, abbr. 蘇|苏, capital Nanjing 南京
- 江西省 jiāngxīshěng
- Jiangxi province (Kiangsi) in southeast China, abbr. 赣, capital Nanchang 南昌
- 河北省 héběishěng
- Hebei province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, abbr. 冀, capital Shijiazhuang 石家庄
- 河南省 hénánshěng
- Henan province (Honan) in central China, abbr. 豫, capital Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州
省 in a sentence
為了省錢，他每天自己煮晚餐。
Wèile shěngqián, tā měitiān zìjǐ zhǔ wǎncān.
“To save money, he cooks dinner himself every day.”
How common is 省?
省 is the 665th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 81.8% of all running text.
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