省
shěngxǐng HSK2

save

省 shěng frequency
province noun
an administrative division or provincial capital

山东省的省会在济南。

Shān Dōng shěng de shěng​huì zài Jì​nán.

The capital of Shandong Province is Jinan.

save verb
to save, economize, or be frugal

为了省钱，他每天都自己做饭。

wèi​le shěng qián, tā měi tiān dōu zì​jǐ zuò​fàn.

To save money, he cooks for himself every day.

ministry organization
a department or ministry of the Japanese government

日本的外务省负责外交事务。

Rì​běn de wài​wù shěng fù​zé wài​jiāo shì​wù.

Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for diplomatic affairs.

omit verb
to delete or leave out

这篇文章太长，一些不必要的细节可以省了。

zhè piān wén​zhāng tài cháng, yī​xiē bù bì​yào de xì​jié kě​yǐ shěng le.

This article is too long; some unnecessary details can be omitted.

省 xǐng
examine verb
to scrutinize or reflect on one's conduct

他经常省察自己的过失，以此来不断完善自己。

tā jīng​cháng xǐng chá zì​jǐ de guò​shī, yǐ cǐ lái bù​duàn wán​shàn zì​jǐ.

He often reflects on his mistakes to constantly improve himself.

visit elders verb
to pay a visit to one's parents or elders

他决定下周请假回乡省视年迈的父母。

tā jué​dìng xià zhōu qǐng​jià huí xiāng xǐng shì nián​mài de fù​mǔ.

He decided to take leave next week to return home and visit his elderly parents.

realize verb
to come to realize or become aware

他沉默了许久，这才突然省过味儿来。

tā chén​mò le xǔ​jiǔ, zhè cái tū​rán xǐng​guò wèi​r lái.

He was silent for a long time before he suddenly realized what was going on.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
666th most common 303.1 per million
Movie subtitles
1,428th most common 48.8 per million appears in 23% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
41.8 per million appears in 14% of films
Written text
347.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+7701

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)