省
HSK 2freq #1081
Meanings
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- 1.(bound form) to scrutinize
- 2.(bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct)
- 3.(bound form) to come to realize
- 4.(bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)
- 1.to save; to economize; to be frugal
- 2.to omit; to delete; to leave out
- 3.province
- 4.provincial capital
- 5.a ministry (of the Japanese government)
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Wiktionary
- 1.to omit; to leave out
- 2.to reduce; to simplify
- 3.to have less strange, potentially genius but generally lousy ideas for the sake of others to save worry
- 4.to save; to economize
- 5.palace
- 6.department (of a government)
- 7.ministry of the Japanese or North Korean government
- 8.province; (originally) short for 行省 (xíngshěng) (Classifier: 個／个 m c)
- 9.provincial capital
- 10.Guangzhou
- 11.a surname
- 12.to examine; to inspect
- 13.to greet; to visit
- 14.to understand; to comprehend
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Etymology
Originally 眚. In oracle bone script, an phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sreŋʔ, *sleŋʔ): phonetic 生 (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs) + 目 (“eye”) – "to inspect". In Shuowen Jiezi, 眚 and 省 became separate characters. 生 corrupted over time into 少. ; verb senses
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Components
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Example sentences
湯姆盡全力省錢。
Tom does everything he can to save money.
你省了我好多時間。
You just saved me a lot of time.
我們很節省地旅行。
We are traveling on a tight budget.
為了存錢他省吃儉用了許多年。
He pinched and scraped for many years to save money.
省下了一分錢，就等於賺了一分錢。
A penny saved is a penny earned.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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