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省

shěng

province; frugal; to save, to leave out

🔤 Pictophonetic: 目 (division) provides meaning, 少 provides pronunciation
HSK 4 9 strokes Very Common (7%)
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少
shǎo
few, little; less; inadequate
目
mù
eye; to look, to see; division, topic
⿱少目 i

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Component Tree i

shǎo
少
few, little; less; inadequate
📷 Pictographic: Grains of sand; 小 provides the pronunciation and meaning
4 strokes HSK 1
mù
目
eye; to look, to see; division, topic
📷 Pictographic: An eye drawn on its side
5 strokes HSK 3

Words Using 省 (107)

xǐng
省 ↗
HSK 4
introspection / to examine oneself critically / awareness / to visit (an elderly relative)
shěng
省 ↗
HSK 4
to save / to economize / to do without / to omit / to leave out / province / CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
shěnglüè
省略 ↗
HSK 5
to leave out / an omission
jiéshěng
节省 ↗
HSK 5
saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on
shěnghuì
省会 ↗
HSK 6
provincial capital
fǎnxǐng
反省 ↗
to reflect upon oneself / to examine one's conscience / to question oneself / to search one's soul
shěngde
省得 ↗
to avoid / so as to save (money or time)
xǐngshì
省事 ↗
to handle administrative work
shěngshì
省事 ↗
to simplify matters / to save trouble
SìchuānShěng
四川省 ↗
Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. [[川<Chuān>]] or [[蜀<Shǔ>]], capital Chengdu [[成都<Chéngdū>]]
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