省却 shěngquè to save Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 省 shěng verb to save to economize; to be frugal; to save (time, money, or labor)却 卻 què verbnoun [resultative] used as a suffix after certain verbs or adjectives to indicate completion or removal, similar to 去 qù or 掉 diào