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省
shěng
1. to save
2. to economize
3. to do without
4. to omit
5. to leave out
6. province
7. CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

省
shěng
province; frugal; to save, to leave out
HSK 4 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

俭省
jiǎnshěng
thrifty
全省
quánshěng
the whole province
省事
shěngshì
to simplify matters
省份
shěngfèn
province
省便
shěngbiàn
convenient
省俭
shěngjiǎn
frugal
省力
shěnglì
to save labor
省劲
shěngjìn
to save labor
省却
shěngquè
to save
省去
shěngqù
to omit
省垣
shěngyuán
a provincial capital
省城
shěngchéng
provincial capital
省委
shěngwěi
provincial Party committee
省得
shěngde
to avoid
省心
shěngxīn
to cause no trouble
省会
shěnghuì
provincial capital
HSK 6
省治
shěngzhì
a provincial capital
省界
shěngjiè
provincial boundaries
省略
shěnglüè
to leave out
HSK 5
省称
shěngchēng
abbreviation

Alternate Entries

省
xǐng
introspection / to examine oneself critically / awareness / to visit (an elderly relative)
HSK 4

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
665
Word Frequency Rank
2,248 of 84,292